khoja
a teacher in a Muslim school.
(initial capital letter) a member of a subsect of the Muslims in India.
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How to use khoja in a sentence
I will never forget meeting a tiny girl near remote khoja Bahauddin, who unbelievably spoke English.
Thus we are told how khoja Nazr-ed-din was sent out by his wife one day to buy egg-plants for dinner.
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. WigramThe khoja, obedient man, did his best to follow instructions, and a very dishevelled Seyyid succeeded in escaping into the street.
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. WigramBut the khoja perceived that they had played a trick upon him.
Miscellanea | Juliana Horatia EwingBy and by it began to rain; every one rode off as usual, and this time the khoja among them.
Miscellanea | Juliana Horatia Ewing
One day there came a man from the village who made the khoja a present of a hare.
Miscellanea | Juliana Horatia Ewing
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