i Register
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noun
A native or resident of Chennai in India.
Runga Charlu was subjected to grave accusations in Mysore as he had the misfortune to be a Madrasi.
A native of South India; a person of South Indian extraction (exonym; often considered offensive).
When the hardships of a Madrassi are complained of, we are told that a Panjabi is well off: that the taxation “on an average” is only so-and-so, Northern India being more lightly taxed than Southern.
‘Oh, hell! I’d snivel psalms to oblige the padre, but I can’t stick the way these damned native Christians come shoving into our church. A pack of Madrassi servants and Karen school-teachers. […]’
A fairy chess rule where a piece that is attacked by a piece of the same type is paralyzed, rendering it unable to move.
adj
Of or relating to the city of Chennai in India, formerly known as Madras.