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Sikh

(Hindu sikh, disciple.) The Sikhs were originally a religious body like the Mahometans, but in 1764 they formally assumed national independence. Since 1849 the Sikhs have been ruled by the English.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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