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Meanings of Pushtun in English

A member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan.

Synonyms
Examples for "Pathan"
Examples for "Pathan"
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But a Pathan is always touchy about matters of honour and horseflesh.
The mandala of sherlock holmes: the missing years
2
He had to ride up close before he recognized the Orakzai Pathan.
King--of the Khyber Rifles: A Romance of Adventure
3
Yea, he was true Pathan then, and I loved him the more.
Driftwood Spars / The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Cert...
4
He was all Pathan then, Sahib, and handling his enemy right subtly.
Driftwood Spars / The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Cert...
5
The Sikh drinks what he will; the Pathan is an abstainer.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier Wa...
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The area is awash with weapons and inhabited by ethnic Pashtun tribes.
Reuters
2
It traditionally involves ethnic Pashtun tribal elders -Afghanistan's largest ethnic group.
Reuters
3
Bajaur is one of the Pashtun tribal regions near the Afghan border.
Reuters
4
Local Pashtun tribesmen retaliate with Kalashnikovs and rocket launchers, attacking the army.
Reuters
5
But as a Pashtun, I know that justice will eventually be served.
The apostle
1
It was an accident, Mr Khalid Pashtoon, a spokesman for the provincial government said.
The Irish Times
Usage of Pushtun in English
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The Taliban had collapsed by the end of 2001, remnants melting back into the Pushtun populace in southern Afghanistan and the Pakistani tribal areas.
A journey: my political life