talliarn.
/ˈtalɪə/ A village watchman in Southern India.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > one who watches or keeps guard > municipal watchman > in India, Egypt, or Spain
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1680 Fort St. George Consns. 10 Feb. The Peons and Tarryars sent in quest of two soldiers who had deserted.
1693 in J. T. Wheeler Madras in Olden Time (1861) I. 267 Taliars and Peons appointed to watch the Black Town.
1707 in J. T. Wheeler Madras in Olden Time (1861) II. 74 Resolving to march two hundred and fifty soldiers, two hundred talliars, and two hundred peons.
1858 J. B. Norton Topics for Indian Statesmen 204 The taliary, or watchman, guards it from being taken away by the owners.
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