单词 | sardar |
释义 | sardarn. 1. In India and other Eastern countries, a military chief, a leader or general of a force or army; also spec. more recently, the British commander-in-chief of the Egyptian army. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > of specific forces praetor?a1439 aga1542 emir1542 imperator1590 crownerc1600 ban1614 sardar1615 duke1652 dey1656 hetman1710 stratopedarch1788 commandant1791 tuchun1917 war-lord1922 myriarch1949 α. β. 1718 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Voy. Levant II. 349 The Janizaries are there under the Command of a Sardar.1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. li. 336 The Begler-begs have the power of life and death, as have also those Sardares, who are on the frontiers.1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 178/1 He is a Sardar of five thousand horse in the Mahratta empire.1899 P. S. Allen Let. 15 Feb. (1939) 19 A Sardar of this neighbourhood whom we met in Khewra station sent us..a present.1969 S. M. Sadeek Windswept & Other Stories 36 An arsenal of life pulsed and throbbed between the harsh rasping orders of the sardars echoing through the native compound.γ. 1803 Duke of Wellington in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 788 I had also a long and difficult negotiation with the Nizam's sirdars.1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul ii. viii. 258 There are many other shops which accompany the camp, to supply the Sirdars and the soldiers.1885 Times (Weekly ed.) 26 June 4/3 The Turcoman shepherds or sirdars, who alone traverse these little frequented routes.1898 Times (Weekly ed.) 5 Sept. 3/3 The Sirdar's force to day marched to within six miles of Omdurman.1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 211 This Ioseph..got to be made Seidar [sic] of Damasco (which is Generall of the Souldiery). 1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 256 He has also the Title of Serdar or General of the Army. 1819 F. Hamilton Acct. Kingdom Nepal 109 Military officers, named Serdars, frequently are appointed to command over different portions of the country. 2. a. sirdar-bearer n. an Indian valet or body-servant. (See bearer n. 1d.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > valet manc1175 valet1567 varlet of the chamber1567 point-trusser1594 valect1610 valet-de-chambre1646 Andrew1700 gentleman's gentleman1704 bearer1727 sirdar-bearer1782 sardar1816 tiring-man1856 Jeeves1952 1782 India Gaz. 2 Sept. That a gentleman should pay a rascal of a Sirdar Bearer monthly wages for 8 or 10 men. 1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 104 A sirdar-bearer (personal attendant, or Indian valet) took charge of my two boxes. 1864 G. O. Trevelyan Competition Wallah viii. 263 There is every reason to believe that he is honest, as Sirdar-bearers go. b. elliptical in the same sense. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > valet manc1175 valet1567 varlet of the chamber1567 point-trusser1594 valect1610 valet-de-chambre1646 Andrew1700 gentleman's gentleman1704 bearer1727 sirdar-bearer1782 sardar1816 tiring-man1856 Jeeves1952 1816 Mrs. Sherwood Ayah & Lady xii. 75 ‘I will also swear,’ said the sirdar, ‘by Gunga’ [etc.]. 1828 Asiatic Costumes 27 The barburdar, or surdar, ..keeps the keys, and in fact has charge of every thing in the house. 1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 236 The sirdar-bearer, called sirdar, in brevity, is, among other things, the valet-de-chambre. Derivatives Sirdarship n. the office of Sirdar (of the Egyptian army: see sense 1). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > of specific forces > office or status of hetmanate1879 hetmanship1881 Sirdarship1898 warlordship1913 tu-chunate1923 1898 Daily Chron. 10 Oct. 6/3 The statements that Lord Kitchener intends to resign the Sirdarship. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1615 |
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