Also 7 cuttery, quetery, 8 katri, khettrie, kittree, 9 ketra, khatrí. [Hindī khatrī:—Skr. kshatriya.] A member of the second or military caste among the Hindus (cf. KSHATRIYA).
1630. Lord, Banians & Persees, i. 5. And because Cuttery was of a Martiall temper, God gaue him power to sway kingdomes with the Scepter.
1665. Sir T. Herbert, Trav. (1677), 52. The Cutteries … being men of War they scruple not to shed blood, eat flesh, and … are for the most part called Rajaes or great men.
1698. Fryer, Acc. E. India & P., 193. Opium is frequently eaten in great quantities by the Rashpoots, Queteries, and Patans.
1723. R. Millar, Hist. Propag. Chr., II. VII. 208. The Katris are degenerate into Merchants.
1776. Trial of Nundocomar, 36/1. Another letter came to me with a peon and kittree, from Roopnarrain Chowdree.
1814. W. Brown, Hist. Propag. Chr., II. 170. The Hindoos were originally divided into 4 casts or tribes; the Brahmin, the Ketra, the Bice, and the Sooder.
1885. Panjab Notes & Q., II. 75/1. These ceremonies are observed by Brahmans, Khatris, and Baises.
