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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Banian \Ban"ian\, n. [Skr. banij merchant. The tree was so named by the English, because used as a market place by the merchants.] 1. A Hindoo trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer. [Written also {banyan}.] 2. A man's loose gown, like that worn by the Banians. 3. (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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: banian n 1: East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks [syn: {banyan}, {banyan tree}, {banian tree}, {Indian banyan}, {East Indian fig tree}, {Ficus bengalensis}] 2: a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India [syn: {banyan}]
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