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Gond

gɑnd
WordNet
  1. (n) Gond
    a member of a formerly tribal people in south central India
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) Gond
    One of an aboriginal race in central India and the Deccan, believed to be of Dravidian stock.
Usage in literature

I am Big Foot, Little Brother, and thou art Little Foot, the Gond. "The Second Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling

The former are thought to have been originally Gonds. "Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3)" by Charles Eliot

Several indications exist of close relations between the Gonds and Chandels in earlier times. "Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official" by William Sleeman

Their way through the marshes of St. Gond was dreadful. "The Eagle of the Empire" by Cyrus Townsend Brady

Dhur is a name given to the body of Gonds as opposed to the Raj-Gonds. "The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume I (of IV)" by R.V. Russell

They will take food from the hands of Gonds, but the Gonds do not return the compliment. "The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV" by R.V. Russell

But I am not pleading here for Gonds, or Bhils, or Santhals, and other non-Aryan tribes. "India: What can it teach us?" by F. Max Müller

St. Gond marshes, French troops S. of, 116. "1914" by John French, Viscount of Ypres

It was the key of the swamp of St. Gond, the French centre. "Waiting for Daylight" by Henry Major Tomlinson

This army thus held the Forests of Vassy but was confronted by the marshes of St. Gond. "The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII)" by Various