jemadar

jem·a·dar

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [jem-uh-dahr]
- /ˈdʒɛm əˌdɑr/
- /ˈdʒe.mə.dɑː/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [jem-uh-dahr]
- /ˈdʒɛm əˌdɑr/

Definitions of jemadar word

noun jemadar any of various government officials. 1
noun jemadar the supervisor of a staff of servants. 1
noun jemadar an officer in a sepoy regiment, corresponding in rank to a lieutenant. 1
noun jemadar A former rank in the British Indian Army, the lowest rank for a viceroy's commissioned officer. 1
noun jemadar a native junior officer belonging to a locally raised regiment serving as mercenaries in India, esp with the British Army (until 1947) 0
noun jemadar an officer in the Indian police 0

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Origin of jemadar

First appearance:

before 1755

One of the 47% newest English words

1755-65; < Urdu jamadar, variant of jamdar < Persian < Arabic jamʿ aggregation + Persian dār holding, leader of

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Parts of speech for Jemadar

noun

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adverb

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preposition

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determiner

exclamation

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jemadar popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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