(India, historical) A village clerk or accountant.
(India, historical) A village clerk or accountant.
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(historical) Originally, a Hindu gentleman employed to work as a clerk for the colonial administration; now, a clerk or low-ranking government official.
(India, historical) A village head man in the Tamil country.
(India, historical) The office of a harbormaster or other port authority.
(India, obsolete) A village accountant or town clerk.
(India, historical) A certain small division of land.