ressaldar

English

Etymology

From Hindustani contraction रिसालदार (risāldār) / رسالدار (risāldār), from रिसालादार (risālādār) / رسالہ دار (risāla-dār), from Persian رساله‌دار (resâle-dâr), from Arabic رِسَالَة (risāla) + Persian agent suffix دار (dâr).

Noun

ressaldar (plural ressaldars)

1. The native captain of an Indian cavalry regiment.
   • 1889, Rudyard Kipling, The Ballad of East and West:

     Then up and spoke Mohammed Khan, the son of the Ressaldar:
     "If ye know the track of the morning-mist, ye know where his pickets are. […]

Related terms

• ressala

Further reading

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “ressaldar”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 762.

Anagrams

• lardarses, radarless