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See also: hindouist

English

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Etymology

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From French hindouiste.

Adjective

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Hindouist (not comparable)

  1. (non-native speakers' English) Hindu.
    • 1998 August 26, Thomas Thierry, “Deism vs. Pantheism”, in alt.religion.deism[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-10:
      Greek or roman, as well as hindouist polytheisms are not "real" polytheisms, which could mean that many "God-like" supreme being would be at the origin of the universe, man and so on.
    • 2003 July 31, drsouk, “Royal Lao Descendant”, in soc.culture.laos[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-10:
      5. dynasty swa (môn-khmer with hindouist civilisation; perhaps from lin-yi kingdom or champa of actual center vietnam) xieng dong xieng thong became muang swa; 8 kings.
    • 2004 October 23, Stephane Payrard, “[perl #32117] [PATCH] new multifacetted pmc: siva”, in perl.perl6.internals[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-10:
      The name is a reference to the hindouist god siva often represented with many arms.

Noun

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Hindouist (plural Hindouists)

  1. (non-native speakers' English) A Hindu.
    • 1996 March 4, luck...@pop.pi.net, “interview”, in alt.religion.buddhism.tibetan[4] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-10:
      We have to doe an interview about the religion "Hindouism" for our school.
      Our question is if somebody, being a Hindouist, is willing to give us an interview about his/hers religion.
    • 1998 August 26, Thomas Thierry, “Deism vs. Pantheism”, in alt.religion.deism[5] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-10:
      Actually, Greeks and Romans (which I know better than Hindouists) are factual "monotheist" if we consider that monotheism is based on a "One first cause" system.
    • 2000 September 8, roger gonnet, “San Jose picket”, in alt.religion.scientology[6] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-10:
      Yes, the official figures (more or less) gives around 1929 millions, whose 1093 are catholics. WSecond largest are muslims, with 1075 m; third are hindouists, with 745 m; fourth are chinese religions, with 363m, 5th are ethnical beliefs, 232m; (I discarded agnostic and athees, 961 m). Jews are only 15 m.