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Business and Finance. An East India Company employee managing a trading post. Now historical.
An Anglo-Indian, esp. one belonging to the Bengal Presidency.
Usually with capital initial. A member of the statutory branch of the Indian Civil Service. Now historical and rare.
A political person. A political agent, officer, etc. See sense A. 1b.