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‖ nazir|ˈnɑːzɪr|
Also 7 -ar, -er.
[a. Pers. or Urdū (from Arab.) nāẓir superintendent, inspector, etc. f. naẓar sight, vision.]
The title of various officials in Muslim countries; a native official in Anglo-Indian courts.
1678J. Phillips Tavernier's Trav. i. i. 42 The King advanc'd him to the Office of Nazar, or Grand Master of the House. 1687A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. ii. 97 He commanded the Nazer..to be exposed naked to the Sun; and the Nazer is one of the chief Officers of that Court. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed 3) XII. 782/1 In this sense Joseph was the Nazir of the court of Pharaoh. 1840J. B. Fraser Koordistan I. ii. 30 He addressed..his Nâzir, or steward, and told him to go to certain of his guests. 1878Grant Hist. India I. lxxxi. 431/1 The rajah had few privileges beyond those of the Nàzirs, or nobles. |