Sikh | meaning of Sikh in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishSikhSikh /siːk/ noun [countable]    RRHa member of an Indian religious group that developed from Hinduism in the 16th century —Sikh adjectiveExamples from the CorpusSikh• I think the executioner was a Sikh.• The survivors scrambled back to the sepoy lines pursued by a vengeful squadron of Sikh cavalry.• It showed an old Sikh warrior on a pony, glaring at the camera fiercely, a huge spear in his hand.• Mr Mann insists that Punjab must be a homeland for the Sikhs, brought into being by a UN-supervised plebiscite.• Nationalistic unrest is not limited to the Sikhs or Kashmirs.Origin Sikh (1700-1800) Hindi “disciple, follower”