havaldar

English

Noun

havaldar (plural havaldars)

  1. Alternative form of havildar.
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 252:
      The word is that every petty havaldar, sub-inspector and police inspector, licensing clerk and petty official has to be bribed before he'll do his duty.
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