Meaning of manoos | Babel Free

Definitions

A man, especially one who is unlucky or who has a tendency to complain.

India

Examples

“The foster-mother reported this to the Princess, observing that she was afraid to go near to the creature, not knowing whether it might not turn⟳ to be a demon, or a Jin, instead of a manoos or human being.”

“It was thus considered disgraceful for the better classes, freemen and Hindoos, to hire⟳ them'selves for labour, and they have⟳ always avoided being employed as coolies as far as practicable, by pleading their right of “exemption as bhalo manooses or gentlemen."”

“I think⟳ the party is about to end⟳ because the average marathi manoos is not in a mood to tolerate anyone, whether one of their own⟳, or someone thrust on them via Delhi, who continues to give⟳ Mumbai such an awful name⟳.”

“The use⟳ of the word 'outsiders' has radically changed the delicate equation between the 'real' Marathi manoos and those who throng to Mumbai in search⟳ of jobs.”

“Fifty years on, the 'Marathi manoos' whose primacy the Sena and its offshoots seek⟳ to protect⟳ is imagined above all as an aggrieved petty government official, not a trader, nor an entrepreneur, nor a mill-worker.”

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