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1. campoo, n. View full entry 1803
...‘Used for “a camp”, but formerly specifically applied to the partially disciplined brigades under European commanders in the Mahratta service’ (Yule)....
2. carcoon, n. View full entry 1803
...A clerk....
3. duffaˈdar, n. View full entry 1800
...‘A petty officer of native police; and in regiments of Irregular Cavalry, a non-commissioned officer corresponding in rank to a corporal’ (Yule)....
4. enam, n. View full entry 1803
...A grant of land free of the land-tax due to the State as supreme landlord; also, the land so held....
5. jangar, n. View full entry 1800
...A raft; = jangadab....
6. jowari | jawari, n. View full entry 1800
...Indian millet, Sorghum vulgare, extensively cultivated in India. Also attrib....
7. pultan, n. View full entry 1800
...In India: a regiment of infantry (now hist.). Also in extended use....
8. silladar, n. View full entry 1802
...An irregular cavalryman who provides his own horse and arms; often used attrib....
9. thana | tana, n. View full entry 1803
...A police station in India; formerly, a military station or fortified post....
