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ghaffir|ˈgɑːfɪər|
Also ghafir, etc.
[ad. Arab. ġafīr.]
A native Egyptian policeman; a guardian, watchman.
a1817J. L. Burckhardt Notes on Bedouins (1831) I. 366 The Arab guardian was called ghafeyr. 1856R. F. Burton Narr. Pilgr. El-Medinah I. 231 Without guns or gunners, it [sc. the fort] is occupied by about a dozen Fellahs, who act as hereditary ‘ghafirs’, (guardians). 1883D. M. Wallace Egypt 216 At the bottom of the communal organisation stand the Gaffirs or village watchmen. 1923Glasgow Herald 19 Feb. 9 The whole distance was guarded..by ‘ghaffirs’, or watchman. 1928Blackw. Mag. Feb. 248/1 A canal watchman, known as a Ghaffir. 1938w. B. Ziff Rape of Palestine 421 Even the Jewish Ghaffirs and supernumerary constables were usually armed with truncheons only. 1971G. Household Doom's Caravan iv. 169 The naval stores were..guarded by Arab ghaffirs. |