chaprasi
/tʃʌˈprɑːsi
/noun (plural chaprasis) Indian
A junior office worker who carries messages: his uncle sent the office chaprasi to show him the way...
- The chaprasi would prove our ladder to infiltrating the higher reaches of the Defence bureaucracy.
- No wonder we have so many highly qualified people working as chaprasis and what not.
- His eyes seemed to say, ‘Don't degrade yourself to thank a mere chaprasi.’
Origin
From Hindi, from caprās, denoting a metal identity badge worn by messengers or orderlies.
- cover drive
- covered wagon
- cover girl
- cover glass
- covering
- covering letter
- covering note
- coverlet
- cover letter
- coverline
- cover note
- cover one's back (or ass)
- cover oneself in (or with) glory
- cover one's position
- cover one's tracks
- cover point
- covers band
- cover sheet
- coverslip
- cover something up
- cover story
- covert
- covert coat
- cover the waterfront
- covertly