a native junior officer belonging to a locally raised regiment serving as mercenaries in India, esp with the British Army (until 1947)
2.
an officer in the Indian police
Word origin
C18: from Urdu jama `dār, from Persian jama `at body of men + dār having
jemadar in American English
(ˈdʒeməˌdɑːr)
noun(in India)
1.
any of various government officials
2.
the supervisor of a staff of servants
3.
an officer in a sepoy regiment, corresponding in rank to a lieutenant
Word origin
[1755–65; ‹ Urdu jamadar, var. of jamdar ‹ Pers ‹ Ar jamʻ aggregation + Pers dār holding, leader of]This word is first recorded in the period 1755–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: caucus, generalization, keynote, mitt, stalemate