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noun
A member or supporter of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India
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noun
A Hindutvavadi or a Hindu nationalist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, broadly, derogatory
Qualifier: Indian politics
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History
Borrowed from Hindi संघी (saṅghī), from Hindi संघ (saṅgh, “association, union”), clipping of राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ (rāṣṭrīya svayansevak saṅgh, “Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh”), a Hindu nationalist right-wing group in India.
