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mehtar.

A ruler in certain princely states of the Northwest Frontier region.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A ruler in certain princely states of the Northwest Frontier region.

    India · historical
  2. A sweeper or scavenger of low caste.

    India · historical
Where this word comes from

From Persian مهتر (“prince, chief, elder, great personage”). Regarding the sense of a scavenger, Yule & Burnell (see References) state that the term was "applied to the class in question in irony, or rather in consolation".

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