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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(India, chiefly in the plural) An irregular soldier whose main object was plunder; a marauder..
Hyder Ali's stragglers, or looties as they were called, committed such repeated depradations upon all the European habitations, even to the edge of the works of the fort, that the proprietors removed everything valuable […] .
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Lootie means (India, chiefly in the plural) An irregular soldier whose main object was plunder; a marauder..
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Hyder Ali's stragglers, or looties as they were called, committed such repeated depradations upon all the European habitations, even to the edge of the works of the fort, that the proprietors removed everything valuable […] .
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