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Gurkha|ˈgʊəkə|
Also Ghoorka, Ghorkha, Ghurka, Goork(h)a.
A member of one of the dominant races of Nepal, of Hindu descent and Sanskritic speech, and especially famous for prowess in fighting. Also attrib.
1811W. Kirkpatrick Account Kingdom Nepaul App. I. 339 The Goorkha envoy proposed, that, as they could not stop the circulation of the base coin with which they had been supplied, they should, at least, establish a just rate of exchange. 1822(title) Military Sketches of the Goorka War, in India, in the years 1814, 1815, 1816. 1836Penny Cycl. VI. 65/1 It was clearly established by the Ghorkhas..that the village of Butool had never rightly formed part of the dominions of Oude. 1848[see Bhutanese n. and a.]. 1848J. D. Hooker in L. Huxley Life J.D.H. (1918) I. 269 The Goorkha Sepoys are immense fellows, stout and brawny. 1875Encycl. Brit. II. 590/1 The four Ghoorka regiments, enlisted from Nepaul. 1905New Internat. Encycl. IX. 388 In physique the Gurkha is very short and stout. 1914G. B. Shaw in New Statesman (Suppl.) 14 Nov., A Ghoorka's religious conscience is respected: an Englishman's is insulted and outraged. 1952Morin & Smith tr. Herzog's Annapurna ii. 30 For many years he had served as an officer in Gurkha battalions, crack units of the British Army. 1964Ann. Reg. 1963 358 Great concern was caused..by the..decision to reduce the size of the Brigade of Gurkhas. |