单词 | mehmandar |
释义 | mehmandarn. Now historical. In Persian-speaking countries and South Asia: an official appointed to act as courier to an important traveller. Also as a title. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > plan or scheme of travel > courier courier?1589 mehmandar1623 1623 State Papers (Colonial, E. Indies) 1622–4 (1878) 161 Our mehmander or presenter. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 51 Our Mammandore or Harbinger, prouiding for vs. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 132 Our Ambassadour..sent his Mammandar to the Governour..to demand fresh horses. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 369 The Mehemandar, who conducts Ambassadors from one Province to another till they come to Court. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 103 The Mahmendar Bassa, Master of the Ceremonies. 1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul Introd. 22 The necessity..of waiting for a Mehmandaur from His Majesty, to accompany the mission. 1840 J. B. Fraser Trav. Koordistan I. vi. 172 A dispute between our mehmandar and the villagers regarding a supply of corn for our horses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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