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derbends

derbends is the plural of derbend.

Meaning of derbend

Noun

derbend (plural derbends)

  1. A Turkish outpost at a remote location, typically a mountain pass, manned by guards or villagers who receive tax relief for maintaining the location and protecting it from outlaws.
    • Which reminds me to say, what I ought to have told you earlier, that the derbends which I so often mention, are stations of police guards, appointed to defend uninhabited parts of the public roads from robbers.1834, Eli Smith, Harrison Gray Otis Dwight, Josiah Conder, Missionary Researches in Armenia, page 40

Questions about derbends

What is derbends the plural of?
Derbends is the plural of derbend.

Words near derbends in the dictionary

  1. Derbeian
  2. Derbeians
  3. derbend
  4. derbendci
  5. derbendcis
  6. derbends
  7. Derbent
  8. Derbet
  9. Derbets
  10. derbid
  11. derbids

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