单词 | burkundaz |
释义 | burkundazn. ‘A matchlock man, but commonly applied to a native of Hindustan, armed with a sword and shield, who acts as doorkeeper, watchman, guard, or escort’ (H. H. Wilson Gloss. Judicial Terms). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] ironist1650 burkundaz1785 1785 Ann. Reg. 1783 Hist. Europe 14/1 He accordingly prepared 500 cavalry, and 500 burkendosses..for this purpose. 1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 143 The force is sufficiently large, consisting..of thousands of thannadars, chokeedars, burkundauzes, pykes, &c. 1848 G. Wyatt Revelations of Orderly (1849) 20 A poor devil of a burkundaz. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1785 |
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