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dafadar

dafadar noun: a sergeant in the Indian infantry during the British Raj.

Noun

dafadar (plural dafadars)

  1. (India, historical) A sergeant in the Indian infantry during the British Raj.

Forms of dafadar

pluraldafadars

Questions about dafadar

What does dafadar mean?
Dafadar means a sergeant in the Indian infantry during the British Raj.
What part of speech is dafadar?
Dafadar is a noun.
What is the plural of dafadar?
The plural of dafadar is dafadars.

Words near dafadar in the dictionary

  1. daevas
  2. daf
  3. dafachronic
  4. dafachronic acid
  5. dafachronic acids
  6. dafadar
  7. dafadars
  8. Dafang
  9. dafaq
  10. Dafen
  11. daff

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