Noun
- 1. Pathan, Pashtun, Pushtun, Pashtoon, Afghan, Afghanistani
- usage: a member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan; "Pathans are the predominant ethnic group in Afghanistan"
- 2. Pathan, Pashtun, ethnic minority
- usage: an ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan
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