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jamadar

jamadar is the alternative spelling of jemadar.

Meaning of jemadar

Noun

jemadar (plural jemadars)

  1. A former rank in the British Indian Army, the lowest rank for a viceroy's commissioned officer.
    • Mr. Neilson also adds that a jemidar told him that when he was a lad he remembered going with others to see a wolf-child which had been netted.1898 January, Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, Philadelphia, page 121

Forms of jamadar

pluraljamadars

Questions about jamadar

What is jamadar the alternative spelling of?
Jamadar is the alternative spelling of jemadar.

Words near jamadar in the dictionary

  1. jamaat
  2. jamaats
  3. jamabandi
  4. jamabandis
  5. Jamadagni
  6. jamadar
  7. jamadars
  8. Jamahey
  9. jamahiriya
  10. jamahiriyas
  11. jamaica

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