muqaddam

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُقَدَّم (muqaddam).

Noun

muqaddam (plural muqaddams)

  1. Any of various Arabic or Islamic officials.
  2. A former village headman in Bengal, through whom the government dealt with the peasants.

Alternative forms

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