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Definition of: banian
(ban′yən) noun
1. A Hindu merchant or trader belonging to a caste refusing to eat meat.
2. A loose shirt, jacket, or gown.
3. Banyan. [<Pg. <Arabic banyān, ult. <Skt. vaṇij merchant]
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