单词 | cossid |
释义 | cossidn. Anglo-Indian. ‘A courier or running messenger’ (Yule). ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > message > [noun] > messenger > running or express messenger couriera1382 scarceler14.. cursor1566 pattamar1598 cursitora1604 express1619 cossid1682 tappal-wallah1865 1682 W. Hedges Diary 20 Dec. (1887) I. 58 I received letters by a Cossid..dated ye 18th Instant, from Muxoodavad. 1696 J. Ovington Voy. Suratt 416 Word was brought..of a Cosset's Arrival with Letters from Court. 1748 in J. Long Select. Rec. Govt. relating to Bengal 3 Our packets may be forwarded much faster by Cassids. 1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) II. 159 I wish that you would open a communication by means of cossids with the officer commanding..in the fort of Songhur. 1879 C. R. Low Jrnl. Gen. Abbott iii. 245 A cossid arrived from Cabul bringing the Shah's reply. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2022). < n.1682 |
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