单词 | jamadar |
释义 | jamadarn. East India. A native officer in a Sepoy regiment, ranking next below a subahdar, and corresponding to a lieutenant; the name is also given to certain officers of police and other civil departments, and to the head of a body of servants. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > Indian jamadar1763 zilladar1763 collector1772 talukdār1793 jagirdar1794 tehsildar1799 Mull1816 mulligatawny1816 babu1823 multi-membered1923 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > lieutenant > types of musellim1686 jamadar1763 1763 R. Orme Hist. Mil. Trans. Brit. Nation I. 261 The Jemidars, or captains of these troops, received his bribes. 1788 Gentleman's Mag. 58 i. 67/2 M'Culloch..sent in a flag of truce with a Jemmahdaur. 1799 Duke of Wellington Suppl. Despatches (1858) I. 353 The Jemadar's party of the Bengal volunteers. 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 24/1 Their jemidars were in actual correspondence with the Shah Zadah. 1826 W. B. Hockley Pandurang Hari v The principal officers are called jummahdars. 1836 Encycl. Brit. XII. 495/1 Jamadar, an officer of horse or foot, in Hindustan. 1897 Ld. Roberts 41 Years in India II. xlvii. 150 The Jemadar of the Pathan company knew who the culprits were. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1763 |
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