"Madrasi" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Madrasi (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to the city of Chennai in India, formerly known as Madras. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Madrasi-en-adj-pOPsSjJT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Madrassi

Noun [English]

Forms: Madrasis [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Madrasi (plural Madrasis)
  1. (dated) A native or resident of Chennai in India. Tags: dated Synonyms (native of Chennai): Chennaiite
    Sense id: en-Madrasi-en-noun-Ue0rRYfo Disambiguation of 'native of Chennai': 65 35
  2. (by extension) A native of South India; a person of South Indian extraction (exonym; often considered offensive). Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Demonyms
    Sense id: en-Madrasi-en-noun-q8h4TVNP Disambiguation of Demonyms: 12 14 74 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 23 60 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 35 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Madrassi

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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