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cutwal

cutwal is the alternative form of kotwal.

Meaning of kotwal

Noun

kotwal (plural kotwals)

  1. (historical) The leader of a kot or fort in medieval India.
  2. The local police chief or magistrate of a town or city in India or the East Indies.
    • Why do people pay taxes, offer their wrists for manacling when the kotwal or even an ordinary policeman shows up at the door to arrest a man who is accused of committing a theft or murder?1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 437

Forms of cutwal

pluralcutwals

Questions about cutwal

What is cutwal the alternative form of?
Cutwal is the alternative form of kotwal.

Words near cutwal in the dictionary

  1. cuttyhunks
  2. cuttystool
  3. cuttystools
  4. cutup
  5. cutups
  6. cutwal
  7. cutwals
  8. cutwater
  9. cutwaters
  10. cutwaul
  11. cutwauls

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cutwal (page history and authors); kotwal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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