gomashta

noun

1. A native Indian clerk or steward.

   historical

   But the gomashta now realized that there were other ways of obtaining reparation - and also making money for himself.

Where it comes from

From Hindi [Term?], Urdu [Term?], from Persian گماشته (“appointed, delegated”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry gomashta (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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