East India Company (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 14
def an English company formed in 1600 to develop trade with the new British colonies in India and southeastern Asia
def in the 18th century it assumed administrative control of Bengal and held it until the British army took over in 1858 after the Indian Mutiny
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Hypernym company
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Hyponym company

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