puttywalla
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Hindi [Term?] (literally “one with a belt”); see puttee, wallah.
Noun[edit]
puttywalla (plural puttywallas)
- (India, historical) A messenger or orderly attached to an office, and bearing a belt and brass badge.
Alternative forms[edit]
References[edit]
- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “puttywalla”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].