Hindu, n. [Per. Hindū, fr. Hind, Hindūstān, India. Cf. Indian.].
A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the Veda.
Hindu, n.
Same as Hindoo. This is now the more commonly used spelling. [1913 Webster]