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dubashes

dubashes is the plural of dubash.

Meaning of dubash

Noun

dubash (plural dubashes)

  1. (India, historical) An Indian translator or interpreter, particularly in their role as a household steward for British colonizers.
    • This I learnt was the captain's dubash, a native man acting as general steward who provides every household article as well as of merchandise, and engages all inferior servants.1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 90

Questions about dubashes

What is dubashes the plural of?
Dubashes is the plural of dubash.

Words near dubashes in the dictionary

  1. Dubaldo
  2. DuBarry
  3. Dubas
  4. Dubases
  5. dubash
  6. dubashes
  7. Dubawnt
  8. Dubay
  9. Dubays
  10. Dubayy
  11. dubb

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