Definition of "Hazara"

Hazara

noun
plural Hazaras or Hazara
1. (Pakistan) A region in cis-Indus area of North Pakistan.
2. A member of an ethnic group from central Afghanistan.
  Quotations
  The Hazaras, with their long history of being oppressed and neglected, seethed.
  2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 169
adjective
comparative more Hazara, superlative most Hazara
1. Of or relating to the Hazaras, an ethnic group from central Afghanistan.
  Quotations
  Across the stream, a group of local Hazara boys were picking patties of dried cow dung from the ground and stowing them into burlap sacks tethered to their backs.
  2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 150