[ noun ] a member of the royal or warrior Hindu caste <noun.person>
Kshatriya \Ksha"tri*ya\ (ksh[.a]"tr[-e]*y[.a]), Kshatruya \Ksha"tru*ya\, n. [Skr. kshatriya one belonging to the military caste.] The military caste, the second of the four great Hindu castes; also, a member of that caste. See {Caste}. [India]
The landlord belonged to Singh's subcaste, the Thakurs, who are part of the Kshatriya caste.