单词 | desai |
释义 | desain. Indian History. A native Indian revenue official, or petty chief. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > tax collection > [noun] > tax-collector catchpoleOE publicanc1175 tallagerc1400 leviera1513 vectigal1535 renter?1536 task-gatherer1552 exactor1570 uptaker1576 exacter1596 mise-gatherer1597 taxer1603 tax-taker1610 raiser1611 summonitor1617 summonisterc1625 riding officer1675 zamindar1683 tax-gatherer1693 desai1698 amildar1761 amil1763 collector1772 tax-master1796 tehsildar1799 taxman1803 tax-receiver1830 tax-collector1833 the taxes1874 revenuer1877 revenue1880 levyist1923 T-man1938 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 120 The Desie or Farmer, who squeezes the Countryman, as much as the Governor does the Citizen. 1800 Duke of Wellington Suppl. Dispatches (1858) II. 116 He has sent 300 horse to seize the dessays of the villages which you mention. 1835 J. Bird tr. Ali Mohammed Khan Polit. & Stat. Hist. Gujarát 408 The Desayes..made a complaint at Court. 1883 Pioneer Mail 24 Jan. The Desai of Sawantwari has arrived at Delhi on a visit. 1885 G. S. Forbes Wild Life in Canara 20 They were also instructed to rendezvous..under their Dessaies at any point which might be threatened. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1698 |
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