bahadurn.

Brit.

/ˌbɑːhəˈdʊə/, U.S.

/ˌbɑhəˈdʊ(ə)r/, Indian English /bəˈhaːðʊr/

Forms: Also 1700s, 1800s behauder, baha(u)door, bahawder.

Etymology: < Hindi bahādur hero, champion.

Anglo-Indian.

A great man, distinguished personage. Often affixed as a title to an officer's name. ‘Bahādur and Sirdār Bahādur are also the official titles of members of the 2nd and 1st classes respectively of the Order of British India, established for native officers of the army in 1837’ (Yule).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important > one who is distinguished or notable

palma1525

somebodya1566

Dona1635

great gun1657

lion1715

bahadur1776

tyee1792

lioness1808

top-sawyer1826

roi soleil1880

1776 Trial Conspiracy against W. Hastings 1/1 in Trial J. Fowke Joseph Fowke of Calcutta, Gentleman,..Maha Rajah Nundocomar, Bahader, late of the same place inhabitant.

1781 J. Lindsay in A. W. C. Lindsay Lives (1849) III. 296 Sheikh Hussein..tells me that our army has beat the Behauder [sc. Hyder Ali].

1841 W. M. Thackeray Major Gahagan iv, in Comic Tales II. 80 The lips of the Bahawder are closed.

1841 W. M. Thackeray Major Gahagan iv, in Comic Tales II. 80 Bobbachy Bahawder has seen the dreadful Feringhee.

1848 ‘J. Kirkland’ Eerie Laird x. 110 While he, a man of genius, must be content with the empty title of Bahadur (or knight).

1879 in T. H. S. Escott Pillars Emp. 275 There is nothing of the great bahawder about him; he is easy of access, civil, and obliging to all who approach him.

1922 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 519/2 He was a Bahadur, which is Indian for ‘hell of a fellow’.

1957 P. Kemp Mine were of Trouble iii. 48 I fancied myself one of..Tamerlaine's bahadurs.

Derivatives

bahadur v. (intransitive) to play the bahadur.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (intransitive)] > occupy distinguished position

to make a (also one's) mark1820

bahadur1860

1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 I. 272 They had been curvetting, prancing, and bahadooring with their swords in the air.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2022).

单词	bahadur
释义	bahadurn. Brit. /ˌbɑːhəˈdʊə/, U.S. /ˌbɑhəˈdʊ(ə)r/, Indian English /bəˈhaːðʊr/ Forms: Also 1700s, 1800s behauder, baha(u)door, bahawder. Etymology: < Hindi bahādur hero, champion. Anglo-Indian. A great man, distinguished personage. Often affixed as a title to an officer's name. ‘Bahādur and Sirdār Bahādur are also the official titles of members of the 2nd and 1st classes respectively of the Order of British India, established for native officers of the army in 1837’ (Yule). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important > one who is distinguished or notable palma1525 somebodya1566 Dona1635 great gun1657 lion1715 bahadur1776 tyee1792 lioness1808 top-sawyer1826 roi soleil1880 1776 Trial Conspiracy against W. Hastings 1/1 in Trial J. Fowke Joseph Fowke of Calcutta, Gentleman,..Maha Rajah Nundocomar, Bahader, late of the same place inhabitant. 1781 J. Lindsay in A. W. C. Lindsay Lives (1849) III. 296 Sheikh Hussein..tells me that our army has beat the Behauder [sc. Hyder Ali]. 1841 W. M. Thackeray Major Gahagan iv, in Comic Tales II. 80 The lips of the Bahawder are closed. 1841 W. M. Thackeray Major Gahagan iv, in Comic Tales II. 80 Bobbachy Bahawder has seen the dreadful Feringhee. 1848 ‘J. Kirkland’ Eerie Laird x. 110 While he, a man of genius, must be content with the empty title of Bahadur (or knight). 1879 in T. H. S. Escott Pillars Emp. 275 There is nothing of the great bahawder about him; he is easy of access, civil, and obliging to all who approach him. 1922 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 519/2 He was a Bahadur, which is Indian for ‘hell of a fellow’. 1957 P. Kemp Mine were of Trouble iii. 48 I fancied myself one of..Tamerlaine's bahadurs. Derivatives bahadur v. (intransitive) to play the bahadur. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (intransitive)] > occupy distinguished position to make a (also one's) mark1820 bahadur1860 1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 I. 272 They had been curvetting, prancing, and bahadooring with their swords in the air. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2022). < n.1776
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