mehtar
(India, historical) A sweeper or scavenger of low caste.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(India, historical) A sweeper or scavenger of low caste.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
(India, historical) A ruler in certain princely states of the Northwest Frontier region.
Origin: From . Regarding the sense of a scavenger, Yule & Burnell (see References) state that the term was "applied to the class in question in irony, or rather in consolation". Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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