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drabi

drabi noun: a driver.

Noun

drabi (plural drabis)

  1. (India, obsolete) A driver.
    • One can hardly write of Suvla without a word of admiration for that patient and uncomplaining hero the Indian drabi, not forgetting his mules.1929, Sir William Marshall, Memories of Four Fronts, page 133
    • British transport officers contended that their drabis should be placed on the same footing as sepoys, because their war work was as important, and their heroism no less so.2020, Radhika Singha, The Coolie's Great War: Indian Labour in a Global Conflict, 1914-1921, page 68

Forms of drabi

pluraldrabis

Origin of drabi

From driver.

Questions about drabi

What does drabi mean?
Drabi means a driver.
What part of speech is drabi?
Drabi is a noun.
What is the plural of drabi?
The plural of drabi is drabis.

Words near drabi in the dictionary

  1. drabcloth
  2. Drabek
  3. Drabeks
  4. drabette
  5. drabettes
  6. drabi
  7. Drabik
  8. Drabiks
  9. drabis
  10. drabler
  11. drablers

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