canongo

English

Etymology

From Persian [Term?] (literally “law-utterer”).

Noun

canongo (plural canongos or canongoes)

1. (India, historical) In upper India, and formerly in Bengal, the registrar of a tahsil, or other revenue subdivision, who receives the reports of the patwaris, or village registrars.

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “canongo”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].