单词 | nazir |
释义 | nazirn. An official, superintendent, or steward in a Muslim country; the title of such a person. Also: †an Indian official in an Anglo-Indian court (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > in Muslim countries nazir1660 1648 J. Lewis & T. Best Let. 4 Dec. in W. Foster Eng. Factories in India 1646–50 (1914) 224 [Four servants died, including the cook and the] ‘azzeer’.] 1660 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1655–60 (1921) 349 Though you doe not as linguist, you doe as nazar. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors vi. 368 The Nasir, or Controller of the king's house,..was the Son of one of the ordinary Inhabitants of Kaschan. 1677 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Persian Trav. i. ix. 42 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. (1678) The King advanc'd him to the Office of Nazar, or Grand Master of the House. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 97 He commanded the Nazer..to be exposed naked to the Sun; and the Nazer is one of the chief Officers of that Court. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 782/1 In this sense Joseph was the Nazir of the court of Pharaoh. 1840 J. B. Fraser Trav. Koordistan I. ii. 30 He addressed..his Nâzir, or steward, and told him to go to certain of his guests. 1878 J. Grant Hist. India I. lxxxi. 431/1 The rajah had few privileges beyond those of the Nàzirs, or nobles. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 15 Feb. 7/2 The ‘Times’ Constantinople correspondent states that Riza Pasha, Nazir of Artillery, becomes Minister of Marine. 1975 C. Allen Plain Tales from Raj 18 The nazir..was a kind of quartermaster to the headquarters of the district. 2000 Times (India) (Nexis) 22 July The DM [sc. district magistrate] has..suspended the nazirs of Hayaghat and Kiratpur blocks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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