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sikh
/sik/
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What does sikh mean?
noun
- An adherent of Sikhism.
adjective
- Of, or relating to the Sikhs or to Sikhism.
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The Sikh soldiers who died during this period were cremated in the furnace connected with the open altar.
It is not the spirit of the Sikh nor of these newer developments of Hindu thought.
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About three weeks after my arrival, I was roused one morning about daybreak and told that one of my jemadars, a fine powerful Sikh named Ungan Singh, had been seized in his tent during the night, and dragged off and eaten.
When the Sikh war broke out Burton resigned his post under Scott in order to take part in the campaign in the Punjab, but peace being proclaimed a few weeks later, after the battle of Sobraon, Burton had no opportunities of distinguishing himself.
My nephew, being very slight and tall, was at once turned into a Sikh, with skin-tight trousers, a very high turban, and the tightest of cloth-of-gold tunics, whilst the other young man, a good-looking dark young fellow, became a Rajput prince, and shimmered with silver brocades.