Feringhee

English

Noun

Feringhee (plural Feringhees)

1. Obsolete spelling of firangi.
   • 1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Strange Story of Jonathan Small”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett […], →OCLC, page 242:

     The thing stands thus, Sahib, and I tell it to you because I know that an oath is binding upon a Feringhee, and that we may trust you.

See also

• Farang