: an adherent of a monotheistic religion of India founded about 1500 by Guru Nānak and marked by rejection of idolatry and caste
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Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 16 Nov. 2025
Karan Majahan on the killing of a Canadian Sikh.
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Shivam Patel, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
In 1984: Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two Sikh security guards.
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Noun
Trump’s appointment of Sriram Krishnan as senior adviser on artificial intelligence, Ramaswamy criticizing American culture as mediocre in a social media post, escalations in the US-India trade war and a fatal accident in Florida involving a Sikh truck driver.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 16 Nov. 2025
Karan Majahan on the killing of a Canadian Sikh.
—Literary Hub, 15 Nov. 2025
Adjective
Delhi was the target of blasts during the 1980s and 1990s, with public places such as bus stations and crowded market areas hit in attacks blamed on Islamist militants or on separatists from the northern Sikh state of Punjab.
—Shivam Patel, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
In 1984: Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two Sikh security guards.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Sikh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Sikh. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.
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