ressaldar
English
Etymology
From Hindustani contraction रिसालदार (risāldār) / رسالدار (risāldār), from रिसालादार (risālādār) / رسالہ دار (risāla-dār), from Persian رسالهدار (resāle-dār), from Arabic رِسَالَة (risāla) + Persian agent suffix دار (dār).
Noun
ressaldar (plural ressaldars)
- The native captain of an Indian cavalry regiment.
- Rudyard Kipling, The Ballad of East and West
- Then up and spoke Mohammed Khan, the son of the Ressaldar:
"If ye know the track of the morning-mist, ye know where his pickets are. […]
- Then up and spoke Mohammed Khan, the son of the Ressaldar:
- Rudyard Kipling, The Ballad of East and West
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