banian

Definitions

1. 1.A man's loose gown, like that worn by the Banians.
2. 2.(Bot.) The Indian fig. See Banyan. Banian days (Naut.), days in which the sailors have no flesh meat served out to them. This use seems to be borrowed from the Banians or Banya race, who eat no flesh.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

Related questions

• What does "banian" mean?

Reverse-dictionary questions

Definition-first questions whose answer is banian.

• What is a man's loose gown, like that worn by the Banians called?
• What is the Indian fig. See Banyan. Banian days (Naut.), days in which the sailors have no flesh meat served out to them. This use seems to be borrowed from the Banians or Banya race, who eat no flesh called?