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单词 mutsuddy
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mutsuddyn.

Brit. /ˈmʊtsʌdi/, U.S. /ˈmətˌsədi/
Forms: 1600s– mutsuddy, 1700s mutseddee, 1700s mutusuddy, 1800s mootsuddee, 1800s mootusuddy, 1800s mutsuddee, 1800s muttaseddee, 1800s– mootsuddy, 1900s– mutasaddi, 1900s– mutsaddi. Also with capital initial.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Urdu. Partly a borrowing from Persian. Etymons: Urdu mutaṣaddī, Persian mutaṣaddī.
Etymology: < Urdu mutaṣaddī and its etymon Persian mutaṣaddī < Arabic mutaṣaddī, active participle of taṣaddā to apply oneself to, undertake, be in charge of.
South Asian (chiefly Anglo-Indian). Now historical.
An accountant, clerk, or administrator.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > clerk or secretary
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1683 W. Hedges Diary 6 Jan. (1887) I. 61 Cossadass ye chief Secretary—Mutsuddies, and ye Nabob's Chief Eunuch will be paid all their money before hand.
1776 Trial Conspiracy against R. Bardwell 3/1 in Trial J. Fowke Ramchunder Sein is a mutsuddy, and I am a man of reputation.
1785 Tippoo's Lett. (1811) 118 The Mutusuddies here are not the proper persons to determine the market prices there.
1800 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1844) I. 67 The amildar of Nunjuncode was here yesterday with one of his muttaseddees.
1834 A. Prinsep Baboo II. iii. 41 The busy Cranies, Accountants, and Mootusuddies.
1839 P. M. Taylor Confessions of Thug I. iv. 79 A Persian mootsuddee, or writer in the service of the Rajah of Nagpoor.
1839 P. M. Taylor Confessions of Thug III. vii. 157 They are goosaens, sahoukars, servants, and mutsuddees.
1959 B. B. Misra Central Admin. E. India Company 1773–1834 iii. 116 The President and Council nominated Rajballabh..to the post of principal mutsaddi.
1988 Mod. Asian Stud. 22 516 A quarrel now commenced at Surat between the English and Mirza-ul-Zaman, the mutasaddi of the port.
1992 Mod. Asian Stud. 26 255 The Dutch chief at Patna [c1745] paid..rupees two thousand to the mutsuddys at the darbar.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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