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chetties

chetties is the plural 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

Questions about chetties

What is chetties the plural of?
Chetties is the plural of chetty.

Words near chetties in the dictionary

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

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