pollamn.

Brit.

/ˈpɒləm/, U.S.

/ˈpɑləm/

Origin: A borrowing from Telugu. Etymon: Telugu pāḷemu.

Etymology: < Telugu pāḷemu encampment, hamlet among hills, (hence) estate held by chieftain or feudal retainer < Marathi pāḷẽ confined valley < pāḷ edge, parapet. Compare earlier madapollam n., poligar n.

Now historical.

In South India: an estate or territory held by a poligar. Frequently in plural (with modifying word or capital initial): a specific group of such territories or villages, considered as an administrative or political entity.

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the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > land owned or occupied by specific class of person

cotlanda1150

knighttec1380

lairdship1397

thanage14..

marchionatc1449

pittancery1519

marquesya1525

marquisdom1530

marquisatea1544

peership1594

peerdom1611

vavasory1611

thane-landa1641

marquisshipa1680

starosty1681

freedom1752

peerage1759

pollam1765

senatory1804

squireship1824

majorat1827

dukery1837

patroonship1848

squatment1860

1763 R. Orme Hist. Mil. Trans. Brit. Nation I. 204 The French battalion fixed their quarters at a village called Chuckley-pollam.]

1765 Let. 14 Oct. in Lett. E.-India Company (1772) 66 The revenues of the Chinimanaigue Pollam and Naigue-petta, amounting to one thousand pagodas yearly.

1783 E. Burke Speech on Mr. Fox's E. India Bill 1 Dec. (1784) 63 There was no Pollam, or castle, which in the happy days of the Carnatic was without some hoard of treasure.

1798 Duke of Wellington Suppl. Dispatches (1858) I. 148 The polygars of the neighbouring pollams.

1805 Edinb. Weekly Jrnl. 10 July 223 The second battalion of Sepoys, in its march from Vellore for the Pollams, was greatly harrassed.

1896 B. H. Baden-Powell Indian Village Community ix. 370 In the Tinnevelli ‘pollams’ or chief's territories, mirāsi villages were found.

1986 Q. Rev. Hist. Stud. 25 15 (title of article) The British agrarian reforms and rural discontent in southern India, with special reference to the Chitoor Pollams during the early nineteenth century.

2001 P. Parthasarathi Transition to Colonial Econ. iv. 107 After deserting the Pollams, the weavers sent representatives to the nearby villages of Bandipollam and Trivendiporam.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pollam
释义	pollamn. Brit. /ˈpɒləm/, U.S. /ˈpɑləm/ Origin: A borrowing from Telugu. Etymon: Telugu pāḷemu. Etymology: < Telugu pāḷemu encampment, hamlet among hills, (hence) estate held by chieftain or feudal retainer < Marathi pāḷẽ confined valley < pāḷ edge, parapet. Compare earlier madapollam n., poligar n. Now historical. In South India: an estate or territory held by a poligar. Frequently in plural (with modifying word or capital initial): a specific group of such territories or villages, considered as an administrative or political entity. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > land owned or occupied by specific class of person cotlanda1150 knighttec1380 lairdship1397 thanage14.. marchionatc1449 pittancery1519 marquesya1525 marquisdom1530 marquisatea1544 peership1594 peerdom1611 vavasory1611 thane-landa1641 marquisshipa1680 starosty1681 freedom1752 peerage1759 pollam1765 senatory1804 squireship1824 majorat1827 dukery1837 patroonship1848 squatment1860 1763 R. Orme Hist. Mil. Trans. Brit. Nation I. 204 The French battalion fixed their quarters at a village called Chuckley-pollam.] 1765 Let. 14 Oct. in Lett. E.-India Company (1772) 66 The revenues of the Chinimanaigue Pollam and Naigue-petta, amounting to one thousand pagodas yearly. 1783 E. Burke Speech on Mr. Fox's E. India Bill 1 Dec. (1784) 63 There was no Pollam, or castle, which in the happy days of the Carnatic was without some hoard of treasure. 1798 Duke of Wellington Suppl. Dispatches (1858) I. 148 The polygars of the neighbouring pollams. 1805 Edinb. Weekly Jrnl. 10 July 223 The second battalion of Sepoys, in its march from Vellore for the Pollams, was greatly harrassed. 1896 B. H. Baden-Powell Indian Village Community ix. 370 In the Tinnevelli ‘pollams’ or chief's territories, mirāsi villages were found. 1986 Q. Rev. Hist. Stud. 25 15 (title of article) The British agrarian reforms and rural discontent in southern India, with special reference to the Chitoor Pollams during the early nineteenth century. 2001 P. Parthasarathi Transition to Colonial Econ. iv. 107 After deserting the Pollams, the weavers sent representatives to the nearby villages of Bandipollam and Trivendiporam. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1765
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