Maratha

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) A Hindu caste (or caste cluster) that is particularly associated with the Indian state of Maharashtra; a member of said caste.
 * 2) * 2004, D. L. Sheth, Ram Manohar Lohia on Caste in Indian Politics, [extracts from 1996, Lokayan Bulletin], Ghanshyam Shah (editor), Caste and Democratic Politics in India, Wimbledon Publishing Company (Anthem Press), page 81,
 * The Marathas are a peculiar caste of Maharashtra, who claim to be Kshatriyas but are more like the cultivator-Sudras of north India.
 * 1) * 2004, Kumar Suresh Singh (general editor), B. V. Bhanu, et al. (editors), People of India: Maharashtra, Volume 30, Part 2,, , page 1434,
 * The Maratha are a numerically dominant caste in Maharashtra. As said earlier, Maratha is not a caste but a caste cluster, the main component[s] of which are the Marathas proper and the Kunbis or Kulwadis.The Maratha speak mainly Marathi, the language of the region.
 * 1) * 2021, Anagha Ingole, Caste Panchayats and Caste Politics in India, Springer Nature (Palgrave Macmillan), page 111,
 * The latter[of two elements of anti-casteism] was dominated by the Maratha caste and a Maratha leadership and was supported by the Maratha ruler of Kolhapur, Chattrapati Shahu, appealing primarily to Maratha-Kunbi cluster in its struggle against upper caste domination.
 * 1)  A Marathi-speaking people particularly associated with Maharashtra; a member of said people (regardless of caste); frequently used attributively.
 * 2) * 1961, Sailendra Nath Sen, Anglo-Maratha Relations During the Administration of Warren Hastings, Volume 1,, page 77,
 * (3) Maratha vessels were to have free access to all French ports, and vice versa.
 * 1) * 2023, Sangita Govindrao Ghar, Marathas Contribution in Deccan Plateau, Lulu, page 1,
 * The first major threat to Moghul imperial power came from a Hindu tribal confederacy known as the Marathas. Located in the mountainous regions of the Deccan, the Marathas were mainly drawn from the lowest caste of society, but they became a powerfully militant community under their ruler, King, who died in 1680.
 * 1) * 2003, Randolf G. S. Cooper, The Anglo-Maratha Campaigns and the Contest for India,, page 126,
 * Then around 2 pm, a detachment of Maratha irregular horse approached and engaged the allied contingent of Mysore horse that were riding forward outpost duty for the British.

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Proper noun

 * 1) The Marathi language.

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Proper noun

 * 1) A town of Arcadia situated near Buphagium, in Cynuria