English Explanatory Dictionary

chaprasi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An official of some kind, especially an important attendant or messenger in the household of an Indian landowner.

Word forms

chaprasi chaprasis chaprassi chaprassie chuprassi chuprassie chuprassy

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi चपरासी (caprāsī).

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