HAJJI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hajji mean? 

• HAJJI (noun)
  The noun HAJJI has 2 senses:

1. a general term used by foreign soldiers to refer to the Iraqi people

2. an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca

  Familiarity information: HAJJI used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAJJI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A general term used by foreign soldiers to refer to the Iraqi people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

to American soldiers, the hajji are the alien people from whom the enemy emerges

Hypernyms ("hajji" is a kind of...):

Iraki; Iraqi (a native or inhabitant of Iraq)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

hadji; haji; hajji

Hypernyms ("hajji" is a kind of...):

pilgrim (someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion)