mussalcheen.

Brit.

/mʌˈsɑːltʃiː/, U.S.

/məˈsɑltʃi/

Forms: 1600s mossalagee, 1600s 1900s– massalgee, 1700s mossoljee, 1700s mussaulche, 1800s masaulchie, 1800s massaldjhe, 1800s massaulchee, 1800s mosaulchy, 1800s musalche, 1800s musalchee, 1800s mushalchee, 1800s mussalgee, 1800s mussaulchee, 1800s– mussalchee, 1900s– mashalchi.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Urdu. Or (ii) a borrowing from Persian. Etymons: Urdu mašʿalčī; Persian mašʿalčī.

Etymology: < Urdu mašʿalčī torch-bearer, a servant in the household of Europeans, or its etymon Persian mašʿalčī torch-bearer < mašʿal mussal n. + -čī, agent suffix ( < Turkish -çi, -ci).

Anglo-Indian. Now rare.

A torch-bearer. In later use also: a household servant (see quots. c1803, 1886). Also Nautical: a member of a South Asian ship's crew who looks after the lamps.

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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > torch > [noun] > one who carries

torch-bearer1538

mussalchee1610

torchera1616

torch-mana1618

mussal1852

flambeau-bearer1859

torch-carrier1864

1610 W. Finch in S. Purchas Pilgrims (1625) I. 432 He always had in seruice fiue hundred Massalgees.

1751 Acct. in W. Hedges Diary (1888) p. xi Servants' Wages. 8 Frosses 11[rupees per month]. 6 Mussaulches 12. 1 Barber 3,,4,,9.

1793 W. Hodges Trav. India 17 With two additional men or boys, to carry baggage and lights in the night, called mossoljees.

c1803 M. M. Sherwood in Life (1847) xvi. 278 A Mussalchee; his business is to wash dishes, carry a lantern, and, in fact, wait upon the Kitmutghaur.

1810 T. Williamson E. India Vade-mecum I. 218 Few mosaulchies are allowed more than five rupees monthly.

1839 J. Pardoe Beauties of Bosphorus 134 The massaldjhes love to tell the tale of the fair and highborn girl.

1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson Mussaulchee, the word properly means a link-boy... The word is however still more frequent as applied to a humble domestic, whose duty was formerly of like kind..but who now looks after lamps and washes dishes, &c., in old English phrase ‘a scullion’.

1907 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 423/1 Each carriage was met, as night fell, by mussalchees or torchbearers.

1948 R. de Kerchove Internat. Maritime Dict. 453/2 Massalgee, member of an Asiatic crew serving in lascar agreement under the supervision of the deck serang. Cleans, trims and fills ship's lamps.

1982 J. Mackay Guinness Bk. Stamps 26 The dak runner..was accompanied by a mashalchi (torch-bearer).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mussalchee
释义	mussalcheen. Brit. /mʌˈsɑːltʃiː/, U.S. /məˈsɑltʃi/ Forms: 1600s mossalagee, 1600s 1900s– massalgee, 1700s mossoljee, 1700s mussaulche, 1800s masaulchie, 1800s massaldjhe, 1800s massaulchee, 1800s mosaulchy, 1800s musalche, 1800s musalchee, 1800s mushalchee, 1800s mussalgee, 1800s mussaulchee, 1800s– mussalchee, 1900s– mashalchi. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Urdu. Or (ii) a borrowing from Persian. Etymons: Urdu mašʿalčī; Persian mašʿalčī. Etymology: < Urdu mašʿalčī torch-bearer, a servant in the household of Europeans, or its etymon Persian mašʿalčī torch-bearer < mašʿal mussal n. + -čī, agent suffix ( < Turkish -çi, -ci). Anglo-Indian. Now rare. A torch-bearer. In later use also: a household servant (see quots. c1803, 1886). Also Nautical: a member of a South Asian ship's crew who looks after the lamps. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > torch > [noun] > one who carries torch-bearer1538 mussalchee1610 torchera1616 torch-mana1618 mussal1852 flambeau-bearer1859 torch-carrier1864 1610 W. Finch in S. Purchas Pilgrims (1625) I. 432 He always had in seruice fiue hundred Massalgees. 1751 Acct. in W. Hedges Diary (1888) p. xi Servants' Wages. 8 Frosses 11[rupees per month]. 6 Mussaulches 12. 1 Barber 3,,4,,9. 1793 W. Hodges Trav. India 17 With two additional men or boys, to carry baggage and lights in the night, called mossoljees. c1803 M. M. Sherwood in Life (1847) xvi. 278 A Mussalchee; his business is to wash dishes, carry a lantern, and, in fact, wait upon the Kitmutghaur. 1810 T. Williamson E. India Vade-mecum I. 218 Few mosaulchies are allowed more than five rupees monthly. 1839 J. Pardoe Beauties of Bosphorus 134 The massaldjhes love to tell the tale of the fair and highborn girl. 1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson Mussaulchee, the word properly means a link-boy... The word is however still more frequent as applied to a humble domestic, whose duty was formerly of like kind..but who now looks after lamps and washes dishes, &c., in old English phrase ‘a scullion’. 1907 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 423/1 Each carriage was met, as night fell, by mussalchees or torchbearers. 1948 R. de Kerchove Internat. Maritime Dict. 453/2 Massalgee, member of an Asiatic crew serving in lascar agreement under the supervision of the deck serang. Cleans, trims and fills ship's lamps. 1982 J. Mackay Guinness Bk. Stamps 26 The dak runner..was accompanied by a mashalchi (torch-bearer). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1610
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