jamadar
/ˈdʒʌməˌdɑː
/(also jemadar)
noun Indian
1A minor official or junior officer.Another jemadar prowled, revolver in one hand, primed grenade in the other, and kukri clenched between his teeth....
- In exchange of their services, jamadars and mrdhas were usually remunerated chakran or service tenure.
- A significant number of labourers contract themselves out to the kdedars or jamadars who liaise between workers and contractors on a commission basis.
1.1 historical An Indian officer in a sepoy regiment.Again there are at least 15 pictures of caparisoned elephants, horses, infantry and jemadars and the royal couple in action....
- Maharajahs, elephants, dusty plains, imposing mountains, teeming bazaars… and loyal Indian jemadars and subedars who made sturdy and trusty subordinates.
- CITATION On 12 December 1947, Nand Singh was employed as a jemadar with the 1st Sikh Regiment, defending Kashmir from a Pakistani attack.
2A person who sweeps homes or offices as a job.Most of the garbage is handled manually by municipal employees and private jamadars at great risk to their own health....
- I thought jamadars carrying huge bags of garbage had little children in there.
- Yet, the steady stream of jamadars who spend their days cleaning out the toilets of houses both modest and grand, a job that other domestic staff resolutely refuse to consider, is indicative of just how deeply rooted caste consciousness is.
Origin
From Urdu jam(a)‘dār, from Persian, from Arabic jama‘, jamā‘a(t) 'muster' + -dār 'holder'.
- multisite
- multi-skill
- multiskilled
- multi-skilling
- multislacker
- multislacking
- multispecialist
- multi-speciality
- multi-specialty
- multispecies
- multispectral
- multispectral scanner
- multispicular
- multi-spindle
- multispiral
- multi-spired
- multisport
- multisports
- multistability
- multistable
- multistage
- multistaged
- multistaging
- multistandard
- multi-starrer