banyan days — plural noun (obsolete) Days on which no meat was served, hence days of short commons generally, from the abstinence from flesh of the Banyan merchants • • • Main Entry: ↑banyan … Useful english dictionary
banyan — , banian n. native Indian trader, especially attached to European firm; Hindu trading caste who eat no meat; Indian flannel coat; sacred Indian tree, with aerial roots, covering a vast area. ♦ banyan days, days when ship s crew received no … Dictionary of difficult words
banyan — Banian Ban ian (b[a^]n yan or b[a^]n*y[a^]n ; 277), n. [Skr. banij merchant. The tree was so named by the English, because used as a market place by the merchants.] 1. A Hindu trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer. [Written also {banyan}.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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