Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In India, a servant, usually Mohammedan, whose duty it is to wait at table; an under-butler.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
khitmatgar .
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Examples
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A harper, a wildman, and a khitmutgar unclear on aţangku.
April 5th, 2009 m_francis 2009
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Then I tried to get at him in many ways; but he was pretty sly and had always two prize-fighters, besides his sons and his khitmutgar, on guard over him.
The Sign of Four 1915
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Our difference of opinion on this subject went so far that I thought it best to set up rooms for myself; so I left Pondicherry Lodge, taking the old khitmutgar and Williams with me.
The Sign of Four 1915
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The presence of the stately _khitmutgar_ who was assisting Nick was ignored by them both.
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On the evening before the day fixed for the execution at Khanmulla, they were engaged in this fashion when the _khitmutgar_ entered with the news that a _sahib_ desired to speak to him.
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She fled to Merryon in horror, and he and the _khitmutgar_ slew the creature.
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The _khitmutgar_ had gone to his own quarters for the night, and they were quite alone.
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The _khitmutgar_ watched the start with grave, inscrutable eyes and finally turned back into the bungalow with the aloofness of a dweller in another sphere.
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The major _sahib_ was in, the _khitmutgar_ told him and Phil scribbled an urgent message on his card and sent it to him.
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The _khitmutgar_ came forward at his master's noisy entrance.
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