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mofussils

mofussils is the plural of mofussil.

Meaning of mofussil

Noun

mofussil (countable and uncountable, plural mofussils)

  1. (India) Originally, the regions of India outside the three East India Company capitals of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras; hence, parts of a country outside an urban centre; the regions, rural areas.
    • Such are the means by which the Mofussil, “up-country,” or provincial Anglo-Indian will reach his station or district, and unless he is going to Bombay or Calcutta, which are practically the two entrance doors of the Empire, with Madras for a back door, his first experience of Anglo-Indian life...1904, Herbert Compton, Indian Life in Town and Country

Questions about mofussils

What is mofussils the plural of?
Mofussils is the plural of mofussil.

Words near mofussils in the dictionary

  1. Moftin
  2. MOFU
  3. mofussil
  4. Mofussilite
  5. Mofussilites
  6. mofussils
  7. mog
  8. moga
  9. Mogadishan
  10. Mogadishans
  11. Mogadishu

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