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单词 khansama
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khansaman.

Brit. /ˈkɑːnsəmɑː/, /kənˈsɑːmə/, U.S. /ˈkɑnsəˌmɑ/
Forms: 1600s consaorman, 1700s chan-, caun-sumaun, consumma, consumah, (1800s consomah), 1700s–1800s khansaman, 1800s khaunsaumaun, khansama(h, kansamah.
Etymology: Urdu (Persian) khānsāmān, < khān master, ruler, khan n.1 + sāmān household goods. N.E.D. (1901) enters this under the double headword khansamah, -saman and gives the pronunciations (kā·nsămā(n, kansā·ma(n) /ˈkaːnsamaː(n/, /kanˈsaːma(n/.
East India.
In India: A house-steward; a native male servant (usually a Muslim), the head of the kitchen and pantry department.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > head servant or house steward
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1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xxvii. 53 I met with Camillo your Consaorman here lately.
1759 in R. O. Cambridge Acct. War in India (1761) 231 Order, under the Chan Sumaun, or Steward's seal.
1759 in R. O. Cambridge Acct. War in India (1761) 232 Caun Samaun, or Steward to his Majesty.
1776 Depositions 6/1 in Trial J. Fowke I put the arzee under the care of the Consumma.
1788 F. Gladwin tr. Mem. Khojeh Abdulkurreem 56 [He] asked the Khansaman, what quantity was remaining of the clothes.
1814 M. M. Sherwood Hist. Little Henry & his Bearer 16 His mamma's khaunsaumaun had told him so.
1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 231 The khansama, or butler, acts the part which, in a moderate English establishment, is acted by the mistress and the cook together.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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