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‖ jemadar E. Ind.|ˈdʒɛmədɑː(r)|
Also 8 jemmahdaur, 8–9 jemautdar, 9 jemat-, jummah-, jemma-, jemi-, jamadar.
[Urdū jamaﻋdār, f. Pers. (Arab.) jamāﻋat body of men, jamaﻋ collection, aggregate + Pers. dār holder.]
A native officer in a Sepoy regiment, ranking next below a subahdar, and corresponding to a lieutenant; the name is also given to certain officers of police and other civil departments, and to the head of a body of servants.
1763Orme Hist. Mil. Trans. (1803) I. 257 (Y.) The jemautdars, or captains of these troops, received his bribes. 1788Gentl. Mag. LVIII. i. 67/2 M'Culloch..sent in a flag of truce with a Jemmahdaur. 1799Wellington in Suppl. Desp. (1858) I. 353 The Jemadar's party of the Bengal volunteers. 1800Asiatic Ann. Reg., Misc. Tr. 24/1 Their jemidars were in actual correspondence with the Shah Zadah. 1826Hockley Pandurang Hari v, The principal officers are called jummahdars. 1836Encycl. Brit. (ed. 7) XII. 495/1 Jamadar, an officer of horse or foot, in Hindustan. 1897Ld. Roberts 41 Yrs. India xlvii, The Jemadar of the Pathan Company knew who the culprits were. |