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‖ sheristadar Anglo-Ind.|ʃɛˌrɪstəˈdɑː(r)|
Also 9 serrishtehdar, ser-, sherishtadar.
[Urdū (a. Pers.) sarishte dār, f. sarishte (properly sar-rishta) office, employment + dār holder, possessor.]
The head clerk or registrar of an Indian court of justice: see quot. 1872.
1775in Min. Evid. Trial W. Hastings (1788) I. 1033 The Sheristadars have delivered me an Account. 1834[Prinsep] Baboo I. vii. 110 (Stanf.) The Serishtadar commenced business by informing me that this wretch was a Goreyt. 1872E. Braddon Life in India vii. 284 The sherishtadar cross-examined witnesses, droned out the proceedings when they were recorded, prompted the decision, and placed the completed case before the judge for signature. 1909Ch. Miss. Rev. Sept. 515 It is not the Englishman who really governs India, but the Brahman sheristadar or deputy collector and the large army of Brahman officials. |