Feringhee

English

Noun

Feringhee (plural Feringhees)

  1. Obsolete spelling of firangi
    • 1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Strange Story of Jonathan Small”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett […], →OCLC, page 242:
      The thing stands thus, Sahib, and I tell it to you because I know that an oath is binding upon a Feringhee, and that we may trust you.

See also
  • Farang
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