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chaprassy

chaprassy 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 chaprassy

pluralchaprassies

Questions about chaprassy

What is chaprassy the alternative form of?
Chaprassy is the alternative form of chaprasi.

Words near chaprassy in the dictionary

  1. chaprasis
  2. chaprassi
  3. chaprassie
  4. chaprassies
  5. chaprassis
  6. chaprassy
  7. chapri
  8. chapris
  9. chaps
  10. chaps someone's hide
  11. chaps.

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