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peshwas

peshwas is the plural of peshwa.

Meaning of peshwa

Noun

peshwa (plural peshwas)

  1. (historical) Originally, a chief minister under the Marathi princes; later, (the title of) each of the rulers of the Marathi kingdom in central India from 1713–1818.
    • I need not inform the Board that the power which the Peshwas have possessed for about forty years past, is an Usurpation on the Sovereign authority vested by the Constitution in the Raja Sahoo, the last who retained it […]1783, James Capper, A free inquiry into the various causes of the alarming state of our affairs in the East Indies

Questions about peshwas

What is peshwas the plural of?
Peshwas is the plural of peshwa.

Words near peshwas in the dictionary

  1. Peshwari naan
  2. Peshwari naans
  3. Peshwari nan
  4. Peshwari nans
  5. Peshwaris
  6. peshwas
  7. peshwaship
  8. peshwaships
  9. Pesina
  10. Pesinas
  11. peskash

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