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‖ aumil|ˈɔːmɪl, ˈɑːmɪl|
[Urdū (prop. Arab.) ﻋāmil, operator, agent, spec. ‘revenue-collector,’ agent-noun f. Arab. ﻋamala to act, perform an office.]
A native collector of revenue in India; also called amaldar, amildar.
1800Wellington in Wellesley Disp. 200 He had repeatedly applied..for the necessary purwannahs to your several aumils. 1808Cobbett's Weekly Pol. Reg. XIII. 1006 They soon find themselves beset with new aumils and peculators.
Hence (by confusion of aumil and amaldār): aumildar (with same sense).
1778Orme Brit. Mil. Trans. (1803) III. 496 Frauds in the management of the aumildar or renter. 1799Wellington in Wellesley Disp. 772 To sell the office of aumildar. |