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单词 muqaddam
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muqaddamn.

Brit. /mʊˈkadəm/, U.S. /məˈkɑˌdɑm/
Forms: 1500s–1600s mocadon, 1600s makadow, 1600s mocadam, 1600s mocadan, 1600s mockadam, 1600s mokadow, 1600s muccadam, 1600s muckadam, 1600s muckadames (plural), 1600s muckaden, 1600s muckadum, 1600s mukaddem, 1600s mukadem, 1600s–1800s mokaddam, 1800s makadam, 1800s moccuddum, 1800s mocuddim, 1800s mokaddum, 1800s mokhadam, 1800s mokhaddam, 1800s mokhadem, 1800s muccudum, 1800s mucuddum, 1800s mukaddim, 1800s muquaddam, 1800s– maqadam, 1800s– muqaddam, 1900s– mokaddem, 1900s– moqaddem, 1900s– mukaddam.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Urdu. Partly a borrowing from Persian. Partly a borrowing from Arabic. Etymons: Urdu muqaddam; Persian muqaddam; Arabic muqaddam.
Etymology: Partly < Urdu muqaddam, partly < Persian muqaddam headman of a village, and partly < their etymon Arabic muqaddam, passive participle of qaddama to place in front.
In South Asia (and occasionally elsewhere): a headman, a local chief.
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society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority > head or chief
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1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies xl. 75/1 They have a chief Boteson, which is an Arabian, which they cal Mocadon... This Mocadon is he that conditioneth and maketh bargaine with the owners of the ship.
1615 T. Roe Jrnl. 25 Sept. (1899) i. 45 When the Generall dealt with the Makadow of Swally. [Note] Hindustani mokuddum, from the Arabic mukaddam, a headman.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 36 The better sort [of the Banian priests of Surat] are called Mockadams, or Masters.
1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures iv. 8 The Jaylor, which in their language is called Mocadan [etc.].
1801 R. Patton Princ. Asiatic Monarchies 118 The subordinate collectors have been denominated choudries, and those who collected in villages, mocuddims.
1803 Duke of Wellington Let. 16 Sept. in Dispatches (1844) I. 712 It has more than once happened that soubahdars and muccudums, and between 60 and 100 drivers, have deserted in one night.
1870 Sir G. Campbell in Syst. Land Tenure 158 This headman was called the Mokaddum in the more northern and eastern provinces.
1901 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 551 The minor sheikhs..have certain limited powers in nominating the Mokaddems or lesser officials.
1925 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 69/1 All at once the maqadam dashed off to fetch a dish of red-hot embers from the fire.
1991 R. Oliver Afr. Experience (1993) xvi. 202 A loose, hierarchical organization under shaykh and muqaddams, capable of inspiring a sense of unity and purpose over wide areas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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