English Explanatory Dictionary

puttywalla

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A messenger or orderly attached to an office, and bearing a belt and brass badge.

Word forms

puttywalla puttywallas puttywallah

Etymology

From Hindi [Term?] (literally “one with a belt”); see puttee, wallah.

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