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‖ chobdar Anglo-Ind.|ˈtʃəʊbdɑː(r)|
Also 8 chubdar, chobedar, chopdar, 9 choabdar.
[Pers. and Urdū chobdār, f. chob staff.]
In India, an usher or beadle attending on persons of consequence, who bears as his ensign of office a staff overlaid with silver; he is ‘still a part of the state of the Viceroy, Governors, and Judges of the High Courts’ (Col. Yule).
1701in Wheeler Madras in Old T. (1861) I. 371 (Y.) He had sent four Chobdars and 25 men, as a safeguard. 1786Burke Art. W. Hastings Wks. XI. 443 A person of the meanest station, called a Chubdar, at best answering to our common beadle or tipstaff. 1810–17M. Wilks Hist. Sk. S. India (ed. 2) II. xxxi. 110 The Chobdars and attendants were ordered. |