"chaprasi" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: chaprasis [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi चपरासी (caprāsī). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|hi|चपरासी}} Hindi चपरासी (caprāsī) Head templates: {{en-noun}} chaprasi (plural chaprasis)
  1. (India) An official of some kind, especially an important attendant or messenger in the household of an Indian landowner. Tags: India Categories (topical): People Synonyms: chaprassi, chaprassie, chuprassi, chuprassie, chuprassy
    Sense id: en-chaprasi-en-noun--Irp3ecd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Indian English, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1924, E. M. Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 13:",
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          "ref": "2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 78:",
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