| 释义 |
‖ mussalchee Anglo-Indian.|mʌˈsɑːltʃiː|
Forms: 7 massalgee, mossalagee, 8 mossoljee, mussaulche, 9 massaulchee, mosaulchy, musalche(e, mushalchee, mussalgee, 9– mussalchee.
[Urdū; f. mašﻋal mussal with Turkish suffix.]
A torch-bearer.
1610Finch in Purchas Pilgrims (1625) I. 432 He always had in seruice fiue hundred Massalgees. 1751in Hedges' Diary (Hakl.) II. 11 Servants' Wages. 8 Frosses 11. 6 Mussaulches 12. 1 Barber 3,,4,,9. 1793Hodges Trav. India 17 With two additional men or boys, to carry baggage and lights in the night, called mossoljees. c1803Mrs. Sherwood in Life xvi. (1847) 278 A Mussalchee; his business is to wash dishes, carry a lantern, and, in fact, wait upon the Kitmutghaur. 1810T. Williamson E. India Vade M. I. 218 Few mosaulchies are allowed more than five rupees monthly. 1839H. Malcom Trav. (1840) 20/1 One cooley to carry the baggage, and a musalche. 1907Blackw. Mag. Sept. 423/1 Each carriage was met, as night fell, by mussalchees or torchbearers. |