sudder

English

Etymology

From Arabic صَدْر (ṣadr, “chief, commander”).

Adjective

sudder (not comparable)

1. (India, historical) supreme; chief

   the Sudder Courts

   • 1862, Bombay (Presidency). Sadr Faujdārī ʻAdālat, Cases Disposed of by the Sudder Foujdaree Adawlut of Bombay

     (see title)

Derived terms

• sudder ameen

 

References

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

Anagrams

• drused, udders

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

sudder

1. inflection of sudderen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative