aumildar

[ aw-mil-dahr, aw-mil-dahr ]

noun

1. a manager or agent.
2. a collector of revenue.

Word History and Origins

Origin of aumildar¹

1770–80; < Hindi amaldār < Persian, equivalent to Arabic ʿamal work + Persian -dar agent suffix, literally, holder, holding

Example Sentences

In short, the violences of the aumildar are so astonishing, that the people, on seeing the present situation, remember the loss of Hyder with regret.

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With whomsoever the aumildar finds a single measure of natchinee or rice, he takes it away from him, and appropriates it to the expenses of the sibindy that he keeps up.

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Terrified with the flagellations, some of them produced their jewels and wearing-apparel of their women, to the amount of ten or fifteen pagodas, which they had hidden; others, who declared they had none, the aumildar flogged their women severely, tied cords around their breasts, and tore the sucking children from their teats, and exposed them to the scorching heat of the sun.

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Even this could not stir up compassion in the breast of the aumildar.

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