Rajput

Raj·put

noun \ˈräj-ˌpu̇t, ˈräzh-\

Definition of RAJPUT

: a member of a dominant military caste of northern India

Variants of RAJPUT

Raj·put or Raj·poot \ˈräj-ˌpu̇t, ˈräzh-\

Origin of RAJPUT

Hindi & Urdu rājpūt, from Sanskrit rājaputra king's son, from rājan king + putra son — more at few

First Known Use: 1598

Rhymes with RAJPUT

afoot, barefoot, bigfoot, birthroot, Blackfoot, board foot, claw-foot, clubfoot, cocksfoot, coltsfoot, crow's-foot, cube root, enroot, forefoot, hard put, hotfoot, input, kaput, on foot, outfoot, output, prop root, redroot, shot put, snakeroot, splayfoot, square root, squawroot, taproot, throughput, trench foot, uproot, webfoot

Rajput

noun    (Concise Encyclopedia)

Any member of a caste of landowners located mainly in central and northern India. The Rajputs are organized in patrilineal clans and number about 12 million. They regard themselves as descendants or members of the Kshattriya (warrior ruling) class, though in fact they vary greatly in status. After the fall of the Gupta dynasty, invaders and indigenous peoples in northwestern India were probably integrated, the leaders in both groups becoming Kshattriyas. The Rajputs became important politically in the 9th–10th centuries, and for centuries they prevented complete Muslim domination of Hindu India. They eventually accepted Mughal overlordship and, in 1818, British suzerainty.