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chetti

chetti is the alternative form of chetty.

Meaning of chetty

Noun

chetty (plural chetties)

  1. A member of one of various South Indian castes of merchants, money-lenders and land-owners.
    • A contract is made, usually by the house itself, with the chetties for such a quantity of cotton of such a quality, and the very lowest sum is fixed. The chetty, finding he cannot get a price that would justify the delivery of such cotton as he has contracted for, agrees to it, well knowing that...1851, J. Forbes Royle, On the Culture and Commerce of Cotton in India, and Elsewhere, London: Smith, Elder & Co., page 87

Forms of chetti

pluralchettis

Questions about chetti

What is chetti the alternative form of?
Chetti is the alternative form of chetty.

Words near chetti in the dictionary

  1. chetotaxy
  2. Chetral
  3. chetrum
  4. chetrums
  5. chets
  6. chetti
  7. chetties
  8. chettis
  9. Chettle
  10. Chettles
  11. chetty

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