killadarn.
/ˈkɪlədɑː/, U.S. /ˈkɪləˌdɑr/, Indian English /ˈqɪləˌðaːr/ East India.
The commandant or governor of a fort or castle.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > commander of fortress or garrison
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > [noun] > military governor > of a fort
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1778 R. Orme Hist. Mil. Trans. Brit. Nation II. 217 The fugitive garrison..returned, with 500 more, sent by the Kellidar of Vandiwash.
1785 Ann. Reg. 1783 Hist. Europe 97/1 The killedar or governor, with his rabble,..fled into the fort.
1803 Duke of Wellington Let. to Col. Murray 16 July in Dispatches (1837) II. 95 It is imagined that the Killadar of Perinda is not unfaithful to the Nizam's government.
1862 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India I. iii. xi. 622 The native governor or killedar.
Derivatives
ˈkilladary n. the governorship of a fort.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > [noun] > military governor > of a fort > position of
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1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1844) I. 355 The letters respecting the killadary of Darwar.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online September 2022).
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