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polegar

polegar is the alternative form of poligar.

Meaning of poligar

Noun

poligar (plural poligars)

  1. (historical) A territorial administrative and military governor appointed by the Nayaka rulers of South India during the 16th–18th centuries.
    • But there were villages where several poligars resided, and from which the poligars extended their jurisdiction.1996, Kaoru Sugihara, Local Agrarian Societies in Colonial India: Japanese Perspectives

Forms of polegar

pluralpolegars

Questions about polegar

What is polegar the alternative form of?
Polegar is the alternative form of poligar.

Words near polegar in the dictionary

  1. poled routes
  2. poledavies
  3. poledavis
  4. poledavy
  5. polegada
  6. polegar
  7. polegars
  8. Polegate
  9. Polehala
  10. polehead
  11. poleheads

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