| 单词 |
mokaddam |
| 释义 |
‖ mokaddam India.|mɒˈkʌdʌm|
Also 7 mockadam, mocadan, 9 muccudum, mucuddum, mokaddam, mokhad(d)am, -em, mocuddim, -um, mukaddim, muquaddam.
[Arab. muqaddam, pa. pple. of qaddama to place in front.]
= headman 1.
1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 36 The better sort [of the Banian priests of Surat] are called Mockadams, or Masters. 1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. iv. 8 The Jaylor, which in their language is called Mocadan [etc.]. 1801R. Patton Asiat. Mon. 118 The subordinate collectors have been denominated choudries, and those who collected in villages, mocuddims. 1803Wellington Let. 16 Sept. in Gurw. Desp. (1844) I. 712 It has more than once happened that soubahdars and muccudums, and between 60 and 100 drivers, have deserted in one night. 1870Sir G. Campbell in Syst. Land Tenure (Cobden Club) 158 This headman was called the Mokaddum in the more northern and eastern provinces. 1891Blackw. Mag. Mar. 371 The ‘muqaddam of Spins’ in Anglo-Indian parlance only means the chief of Spinsters. 1901Ibid. Oct. 551 The minor sheikhs..have certain limited powers in nominating the Mokaddems or lesser officials. |
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