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▪ I. ‖ bunder Anglo-Indian.|ˈbʌndə(r)|
[Hindustani bandar; a Pers. word.]
1. ‘A landing-place or quay; a seaport; a harbour; (sometimes a custom-house)’ (Col. Yule).
1673Fryer Acc. E. India & P. (1698) 115 (Y.) We..have Bunders or Docks for our Vessels. 1727A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. I. xviii. 209 The King granted us a Piece of Ground for a Bunder to repair our Ships and Vessels. 1809M. Graham Jrnl. Resid. India 11 (Y.) The new bunder, or pier.
2. Comb. bunder-boat, ‘a boat in use on the Bombay coast for communicating with ships at anchor, and also..employed..in going up and down the coast’ (Col. Yule).
1825Bp. Heber Journ. Upper Prov. India (1828) II. 172 We crossed over..in a stout boat called here a bundur boat, I suppose from ‘bundur’ a harbour. 1845Stocqueler Hand-bk. Brit. India (1854) 112 Bunder-boats are obtainable at the piers.
▪ II. bunder
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