Usually means: Nepalese soldiers in British service.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. Gurkha: Merriam-Webster
  2. Gurkha: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Gurkha: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Gurkha: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Gurkha: Vocabulary.com
  6. Gurkha: Wordnik
  7. Gurkha: Wiktionary
  8. Gurkha: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Gurkha: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. Gurkha: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. gurkha: Dictionary.com
  12. Gurkha: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Gurkha (disambiguation), Gurkha (film), Gurkha, The Gurkha: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Gurkha: Rhymezone
  15. gurkha: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. Gurkha: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. gurkha: FreeDictionary.org
  18. Gurkha: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Gurkha: Encyclopedia

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Gurkha: Glossary of Sanskrit Terms in Integral Yoga Literature

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Gurkha)

▸ noun:  A member of the dominant ethnic group in Nepal, with a Himalayan diaspora.
▸ noun:  A member of this people recruited to serve in their own elite units in the British and Indian armies.
▸ adjective:  Referring or belonging to the Gurkha people.
▸ adjective:  Referring or belonging to Gurkha soldiers.

Similar:
Goorkha, Goorka, Gorkhali, Magar, Limbu, Thakali, Tamang, Kirati, Khas, Nepali, more...

Phrases:
Royal Gurkha Rifles, Gurkha Contingent, Terradyne Armored Vehicles Gurkha, Force Gurkha, 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles, more...

Adjectives:
little, young, british, anglo, other, first, old, dead, smart, non, orderly
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Similar:
Goorkha, Goorka, Gorkhali, Magar, Limbu, Thakali, Tamang, Kirati, Khas, Nepali, more...

Phrases:
Royal Gurkha Rifles, Gurkha Contingent, Terradyne Armored Vehicles Gurkha, Force Gurkha, 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles, Gurkha Reserve Unit, Queen's Gurkha Signals, Gurkha Justice Campaign, more...

Adjectives:
little, young, british, anglo, other, first, old, dead, smart, non, orderly



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