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compass wallah

compass wallah noun: a surveyor.

Noun

compass wallah (plural compass wallahs)

  1. (India, colloquial, historical) A surveyor.

Forms of compass wallah

pluralcompass wallahs

Questions about compass wallah

What does compass wallah mean?
Compass wallah means a surveyor.
What part of speech is compass wallah?
Compass wallah is a noun.
What is the plural of compass wallah?
The plural of compass wallah is compass wallahs.

Words near compass wallah in the dictionary

  1. compass swing
  2. compass termite
  3. compass termites
  4. compass timber
  5. compass timbers
  6. compass wallah
  7. compass wallahs
  8. compass window
  9. compass windows
  10. compassable
  11. compasse

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