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单词 thugyi
释义

thugyin.

/ˈθədʒiː/
Forms: Also 1800s thoogyee.
Etymology: Burmese.
The headman of a village.
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society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority > head or chief > of a village or community
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1863 C. Williams Jrnl. 3 Feb. in Through Burmah (1868) 57 On the Thoogyee sending for some pieces, I found the characters to be Nagiri.
1887 Rangoon Gaz. Weekly Budget 7 Jan. 8/4 On 18th a thugyi successfully attacked dacoits and recovered dacoited cattle.
1934 ‘G. Orwell’ Burmese Days xxv. 369 Old thugyis with their grey hair knotted behind their heads.
1957 Encycl. Brit. IV. 430/2 In the villages, the thugyis or headmen, chosen by the villagers and approved by the government, have limited magisterial powers and collect the revenue.
1980 J. Silverstein Burmese Politics ii. 26 The thugyi was directly responsible to the deputy commissioner.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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