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‖ khidmutgar|ˈkɪdmʌtgɑː(r)|
Also 8–9 kid-, kis(t)-, 9 k(h)itmutgar; 8 khidmidgar, 9 khid-, khitmatgar, khid-, khed-, khitmutghar, khitmutkar, etc.
[Urdū (from Pers.) khidmatgār, = khidmat service + -gār, agent-suffix.]
In India: A male servant who waits at table.
1765Holwell Hist. Events (1766) I. 60 They were taken into the service of Soujah Dowla..: Hodjee, in capacity of his first Kistmutgar (or valet). 1776Trial of Nundocomar 56/1 Q. Who came with Bollakey Doss? A. He came alone, only his kidmutgar. 1824[Sherer] Sketches in India 247 His father had been a Khidmutgar to a British Colonel. 1873Miss Thackeray Wks. (1891) I. 269–70 A Kitmutghar who had drained off a bottle of her eau-de-Cologne. |