jemadar

[ jem-uh-dahr ]

noun(in India)
  1. any of various government officials.

  2. the supervisor of a staff of servants.

  1. an officer in a sepoy regiment, corresponding in rank to a lieutenant.

Origin of jemadar

1
1755–65; <Urdu jamadar, variant of jamdar<Persian <Arabic jamʿ aggregation + Persian dār holding, leader of

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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.

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  • I was presented to the members, ten in number, who were the jemadars of the different bands.

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  • Squads of Lascars raced about, industriously obedient to the short shrill whistling of jemadars and quartermasters.

British Dictionary definitions for jemadar

jemadar

/ (ˈdʒɛməˌdɑː) /


noun
  1. 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

Origin of jemadar

1
C18: from Urdu jama `dār, from Persian jama `at body of men + dār having

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