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chaprassi

chaprassi is the alternative form of chaprasi.

Meaning of chaprasi

Noun

chaprasi (plural chaprasis)

  1. (India) An official of some kind, especially an important attendant or messenger in the household of an Indian landowner.
    • A servant in scarlet interrupted him; he was the chuprassy of the Civil Surgeon, and he handed Aziz a note.1924, E. M. Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 13

Forms of chaprassi

pluralchaprassis

Questions about chaprassi

What is chaprassi the alternative form of?
Chaprassi is the alternative form of chaprasi.

Words near chaprassi in the dictionary

  1. Chappuis absorption
  2. chappy
  3. Chapra
  4. chaprasi
  5. chaprasis
  6. chaprassi
  7. chaprassie
  8. chaprassies
  9. chaprassis
  10. chaprassy
  11. chapri

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