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‖ cossid Anglo-Indian.|ˈkɒsɪd|
Also 7 cosset, 8 cassid.
[a. Arab. (and Pers.) qāçid courier.]
‘A courier or running messenger’ (Yule).
1682W. Hedges Diary 20 Dec. (Y.), I received letters by a Cossid..dated ye 18th instant from Muxodavad. 1696J. Ovington Voy. Suratt 416 (Y.) Word was brought..of a Cosset's Arrival with Letters from Court. 1748in J. Long Select. Rec. Govt. 3 (Y.) Our packets may be forwarded much faster by Cassids. 1803Wellington in Gurw. Desp. II. 159, I wish that you would open a communication by means of cossids with the officer commanding..in the fort of Songhur. 1879C. R. Low Jrnl. Gen. Abbott iii. 245 A cossid arrived from Cabul bringing the Shah's reply. |