(in India) an ambassador, attorney, agent or headman
vakeel in American English
(vəˈkil)
noun
Anglo-Indian
a native lawyer
Also: vakil
Word origin
[1615–25; ‹ Hindi vakēl ‹ Ar wakīl]This word is first recorded in the period 1615–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: deposit, discount, foliation, swamp, synchronize