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mudaliyars

mudaliyars is the plural of mudaliyar.

Meaning of mudaliyar

Noun

mudaliyar (plural mudaliyars)

  1. (historical) A chief or headman in Sri Lanka.
    • He had been a Mudaliyar or Headman of East Giruwa Pattu […] when I was Assistant Government Agent there fifty years ago.1969, Leonard Woolf, Journey Not Arrival Matters
  2. A Tamil caste in India.

Questions about mudaliyars

What is mudaliyars the plural of?
Mudaliyars is the plural of mudaliyar.

Words near mudaliyars in the dictionary

  1. mudalia
  2. Mudaliar
  3. Mudaliars
  4. mudalias
  5. mudaliyar
  6. mudaliyars
  7. Mudan
  8. mudang
  9. mudangs
  10. Mudanjiang
  11. mudansha

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