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topi-wallah
topi-wallah n. /ˌtəʊpɪˈwɒlə//təʊpiːˈwɑːlɑː/ (also topee-wallah, topee-wala) [ < Hindi ṭopīwālā, one who wears a hat, < topī + wallah n. fellow] the Indian name for a European, because he wears a hat.The term is used ‘by the natives with a shade of disparagement’, while ‘all persons claiming European blood’ take pride ‘in wearing a hat’ (Yule at topaz). R. Drummond says that in his time (before 1808), Topeewala and Puggrywala were used in Gujarat and the Mahratta country for ‘European’ and ‘Native’. So ‘the author of the Persian Life of Hydur Naik calls Europeans Kalāh-posh hat-wearers’ (Yule at).
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > [noun]
Roumia1576
European1578
Feringhee1634
topi-wallah1826
continental1828
continentalist1834
Dutchman1857
Atlanticist1885
roundeye1955
mainland European1975
Euro1980
1826 W. B. Hockley Pandurang Hari I. vi. 88 It was now evident we should have to encounter the Topee Wallas.
1834 A. Prinsep Baboo I. viii. 126 The Topee-walas are within matchlock shot of this grove!
1864 G. O. Trevelyan Competition Wallah iii. 50 The idea got about that they were to be forcibly turned into topee-wallahs, hat-fellows, a synonym for the hated name of Frank or Christian.
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