单词 | burkundaz |
释义 | ‖ burkundaz, -auze|ˈbɜːkənˌdɔːz| Also burkendoss. [Arabo-Pers. barq-andāz lightning-darter.] ‘A matchlock man, but commonly applied to a native of Hindustan, armed with a sword and shield, who acts as doorkeeper, watchman, guard, or escort’ (H. H. Wilson Gloss. Judicial Terms).
1781Ann. Reg. 14/1 He..prepared 500 cavalry and 500 burkendosses..for this purpose. 1845Stocqueler Handbk. Brit. India (1854) 68 The force is sufficiently large, consisting..of thousands of thannadars, chokeedars, burkundauzes, pykes, etc. 1848G. Wyatt Revel. of Orderly (1849) 20 A poor devil of a burkundaz. |

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