pultann.

Brit.

/ˈpʌltʌn/,

/ˈpʌltan/, U.S.

/ˈpəlˌtɑn/

Forms: 1800s pultoon, 1800s pultun, 1800s– pultan, 1900s– pulton.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Marathi. Partly a borrowing from Hindi. Etymons: Marathi palṭan; Hindi palṭan.

Etymology: < Marathi palṭan and its parallel Hindi palṭan regiment, ultimately (perhaps by confusion with platoon n.) < battalion n. Compare Tamil paṭṭāḷam.

In India: a regiment of infantry (now historical). Also in extended use.

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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [noun] > regiment > infantry regiment

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1795 Minutes Trial Warren Hastings VI. 2680 He gave to a large Body of Matchlockmen, called the Najib Pultan, Tuncaws on different Purgunnahs for their Arrears of Pay.]

1800 Duke of Wellington Let. 6 Oct. in Dispatches (1834) I. 21* I..shall probably destroy some campoos and pultans, which have been indiscreetly pushed across the Kistna.

1883 Q. Rev. Apr. 294 Campos and pultuns (battalions) under European adventurers.

1895 B. M. Croker Village Tales (1896) 60 I know lots of Sahibs in a pultoon (i.e. regiment) at Bareilly.

1901 R. Kipling Kim ii. 41 ‘There is one brotherhood of the caste, but beyond that again’—she looked round timidly—‘the bond of the Pulton—the Regiment—eh?’

1978 ‘M. M. Kaye’ Far Pavilions vii. 107 It is the name of a pulton (regiment) that is stationed at Mordan.

1986 Stardust (Bombay) Oct. 45/1 She doesn't move around with a pultan of make-up boys.

2000 K. Shamsie Salt & Saffron (2001) iv. 27 And as luck would have it a whole pultan of my relatives landed up as well, so I was going crazy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pultan
释义	pultann. Brit. /ˈpʌltʌn/, /ˈpʌltan/, U.S. /ˈpəlˌtɑn/ Forms: 1800s pultoon, 1800s pultun, 1800s– pultan, 1900s– pulton. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Marathi. Partly a borrowing from Hindi. Etymons: Marathi palṭan; Hindi palṭan. Etymology: < Marathi palṭan and its parallel Hindi palṭan regiment, ultimately (perhaps by confusion with platoon n.) < battalion n. Compare Tamil paṭṭāḷam. In India: a regiment of infantry (now historical). Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [noun] > regiment > infantry regiment tierce1577 tercio1583 tertia1631 prikaz1662 pultan1800 1795 Minutes Trial Warren Hastings VI. 2680 He gave to a large Body of Matchlockmen, called the Najib Pultan, Tuncaws on different Purgunnahs for their Arrears of Pay.] 1800 Duke of Wellington Let. 6 Oct. in Dispatches (1834) I. 21* I..shall probably destroy some campoos and pultans, which have been indiscreetly pushed across the Kistna. 1883 Q. Rev. Apr. 294 Campos and pultuns (battalions) under European adventurers. 1895 B. M. Croker Village Tales (1896) 60 I know lots of Sahibs in a pultoon (i.e. regiment) at Bareilly. 1901 R. Kipling Kim ii. 41 ‘There is one brotherhood of the caste, but beyond that again’—she looked round timidly—‘the bond of the Pulton—the Regiment—eh?’ 1978 ‘M. M. Kaye’ Far Pavilions vii. 107 It is the name of a pulton (regiment) that is stationed at Mordan. 1986 Stardust (Bombay) Oct. 45/1 She doesn't move around with a pultan of make-up boys. 2000 K. Shamsie Salt & Saffron (2001) iv. 27 And as luck would have it a whole pultan of my relatives landed up as well, so I was going crazy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1800
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