jemadar
any of various government officials.
the supervisor of a staff of servants.
an officer in a sepoy regiment, corresponding in rank to a lieutenant.
Origin of jemadar
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How to use jemadar in a sentence
And then Jemadars, or Shastras, or Sudras, or something would come and pull you out.
Somehow Good | William de MorganI was presented to the members, ten in number, who were the jemadars of the different bands.
Confessions of a Thug | Philip Meadows TaylorSquads of Lascars raced about, industriously obedient to the short shrill whistling of jemadars and quartermasters.
The Wings of the Morning | Louis Tracy
British Dictionary definitions for jemadar
/ (ˈdʒɛməˌdɑː) /
a native junior officer belonging to a locally raised regiment serving as mercenaries in India, esp with the British Army (until 1947)
an officer in the Indian police
Origin of jemadar
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