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‖ conicopoly Anglo-Indian.|kɒnɪˈkɒpəlaɪ|
[Corruption of Tamil Canakka-pi′ḷḷai account-man (piḷḷai child, person).]
A native clerk or writer in the Madras Presidency. (Yule.)
1680Govt. Rec. Fort St. George 21 Sept. iii. 34 (Y. Supp.) The Governour..went the circuit of Madras ground, which was described by the Cancoply of the grounds, and lyes so intermixed with others..that 'tis impossible to be knowne to any others. 1718tr. Ziegenbalg's Lett. ii. 55 (Y.) We maintain seven Kanakappel, or Malabarick writers. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 549 The conicopoly, to keep the accounts of the village. 1872H. J. Coleridge Xavier's Life II. 24 (Y.) You must appoint in each village or station fitting teachers and Canacopoly, as we have already arranged. |