jemadar

noun

1. A former rank in the British Indian Army, the lowest rank for a viceroy's commissioned officer.

   Mr. Neilson also adds that a jemidar told him that when he was a lad he remembered going with others to see a wolf-child which had been netted.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Urdu جمعدار (jamadār), from Persian جمعدار (jam'-dār), from Arabic جَمْع (jamʕ, “gathering”) + Persian ـدار (-dār, “bearer”).

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

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