(historical) A seventeenth-century joint-stock company founded to trade with India to Britain's advantage.

Of or pertaining to the people, products, or culture of Southeast Asia, particularly the Malay Archipelago, Sri Lanka, or India.

A native or inhabitant of the Malay Archipelago, Sri Lanka, or India.

plural of East Indian

plural of East Indian Catholic

Of or pertaining to the original inhabitants of Mumbai, Salsette Island and Thane converted to Catholicism, and their descendants.

plural of East Indiaman

(historical) Any ship operating under charter or licence to one of the East India Companies, which were each granted monopoly trading rights with the East Indies by one of several of the major trading powers of the 17th—19th centuries.