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‖ Sudder, a. (n.) Anglo-Indian.|ˈsʌdə(r)|
[a. Urdu = Arab. çadr foremost or highest part of a thing, chief place or seat, etc., used in comb. with adj. sense.]
Chief, supreme: applied esp. to high government departments or officials.
1787Gentl. Mag. 1181/2 The Court of Sudder Dewannee Adaulet. 1835[see moonsif]. 1845Stocqueler Handbk. Brit. India (1854) 342 Hydrabad is a collectorate, or Sudder station. 1850Directions Rev. Off. N.W. Prov. 99 The Sudder Board of Revenue. 1897G. Smith Twelve Indian Statesm. x. 253 The Supreme and Sudder Courts were amalgamated at the Presidency Towns.
b. ellipt. as n. = Sudder Court.
1834Baboo I. iii. 50 (Stanf. Dict.), I was trying to save myself from appearing a fool before my masters in the Sudder to morrow. 1858J. B. Norton Topics 150 In Madras, the Sudder consists of only three judges. |