kanganyn.

/kɑːnˈɡɑːni/

Forms: Also canganeme, cangany, kangani.

Etymology: < Tamil kaṇkāṇi, < kaṇ eye + kāṇ to see.

An overseer or headman of a gang of local labourers in Sri Lanka, southern India, and Malaya.

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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > overseer or foreman

stewarda1400

surveyorc1440

supervisorc1454

overlookera1513

workmaster1525

supervisora1529

foreman1574

superintendent1575

overman1606

headman1725

overseer1766

gang leader1775

hagmaster1797

maistry1798

gangsman1803

kangany1817

capataz1826

gangman1830

ganger1836

gaffer1841

gang boss1863

ramrod1881

charge-man1885

mandor1885

captain1886

overganger1887

ephor1890

pusher1901

gangster1913

line manager1960

1817 ‘Philalethes’ Hist. Ceylon lvi. 324 Canganeme. This officer musters the people of the village, and calls them together when there is any work to be done.

1817 ‘Philalethes’ Hist. Ceylon lvi. 336 Canganys, corporals under the aratsches.

1886 R. W. Jenkins Ceylon in Fifties & Eighties 78 Kangani, head of a gang of coolies.

1903 Westm. Gaz. 30 May 4/3 The kanganies (head coolies)..say if their coolies are not given work they must remove them to another estate.

1923 Glasgow Herald 21 Apr. 4/1 When the tasks are all filled the tappers go to work..under the native overseers or Kanganies.

1926 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 507/1 Several Tamil headmen—Kanganies—are sent to India with recruiting licenses. Each Kangany will go to his own village in South India.

1964 K. G. Tregonning Hist. Mod. Malaya 199 As indentured labour diminished in importance..it was replaced by the kangany system, whereby a foreman or senior labourer from the estate was sent back to India, empowered to recruit in his old village... The kangany system was abolished in 1938.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	kangany
释义	kanganyn. /kɑːnˈɡɑːni/ Forms: Also canganeme, cangany, kangani. Etymology: < Tamil kaṇkāṇi, < kaṇ eye + kāṇ to see. An overseer or headman of a gang of local labourers in Sri Lanka, southern India, and Malaya. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > overseer or foreman stewarda1400 surveyorc1440 supervisorc1454 overlookera1513 workmaster1525 supervisora1529 foreman1574 superintendent1575 overman1606 headman1725 overseer1766 gang leader1775 hagmaster1797 maistry1798 gangsman1803 kangany1817 capataz1826 gangman1830 ganger1836 gaffer1841 gang boss1863 ramrod1881 charge-man1885 mandor1885 captain1886 overganger1887 ephor1890 pusher1901 gangster1913 line manager1960 1817 ‘Philalethes’ Hist. Ceylon lvi. 324 Canganeme. This officer musters the people of the village, and calls them together when there is any work to be done. 1817 ‘Philalethes’ Hist. Ceylon lvi. 336 Canganys, corporals under the aratsches. 1886 R. W. Jenkins Ceylon in Fifties & Eighties 78 Kangani, head of a gang of coolies. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 30 May 4/3 The kanganies (head coolies)..say if their coolies are not given work they must remove them to another estate. 1923 Glasgow Herald 21 Apr. 4/1 When the tasks are all filled the tappers go to work..under the native overseers or Kanganies. 1926 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 507/1 Several Tamil headmen—Kanganies—are sent to India with recruiting licenses. Each Kangany will go to his own village in South India. 1964 K. G. Tregonning Hist. Mod. Malaya 199 As indentured labour diminished in importance..it was replaced by the kangany system, whereby a foreman or senior labourer from the estate was sent back to India, empowered to recruit in his old village... The kangany system was abolished in 1938. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1817
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