Definition of "ghazi" [‖Gha•zi]

• Islam A man who has fought successfully against infidels. (noun)
• Islam Often used as a title for such a warrior. (noun)

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• "Yet the man they miscall ghazi sought but the key to Khinjan Caves, with no thought at all about Heaven!"
• "Frequent '' ghazi '' (plural '' ghazawāt '') or raids on the Quraish by Muhammad and his followers over the years finally erupted into a full-blown Battle of Badr (624 AD), one of the few mentioned in the Qur'an."
• "[Footnote 321: "A ghazi is a man who, purely for the sake of his religion, kills an unbeliever, Kaffir, Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist, or"