elcheen.
/ˈɛltʃiː/ An ambassador.
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1824 J. Morier Adventures Hajji Baba III. xiii. 148 Ignorant of what is due to the character of Elchi, or ambassador.
1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 23 64 So well described by an English Elchee.
1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. viii. 113 The great Eltchi [Sir Stratford Canning].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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