| 单词 |
poligar |
| 释义 |
poligar|ˈpɒlɪgɑː(r)|
Also 8–9 polygar.
[ad. Marāthī pālegār, or Telugu paḷegāḍu (cerebral d), ad. Tamil pālaiyakkāran the holder of a pālaiyam, pollam.]
In S. India, The holder of a pollam or feudal estate; a subordinate feudal chief.
1681in J. T. Wheeler Madras (1861) I. 118 They pulled down the Poligar's house. 1761Char. in Ann. Reg. 6/2 There are..among the..mountainous parts..several petty princes, or heads of clans, distinguished by the name of Polygars. 1783Burke Sp. Fox's India Bill Wks. IV. 25 To..Mahomet Ali they sold at least twelve sovereign princes called the Polygars. 1868J. H. Nelson Madura iii. 157 Some of the Poligars were placed in authority over others.
b. transf. One of the predatory followers of such a chief; the race descended from these.
1776Pigou in Gentl. Mag. (1792) 14/2 A people called Polygars, who inhabit [the woods] and attack, rob, and murder passengers. 1869Sir W. Elliot in Jrnl. Ethn. Soc. I. 112 There is a third well-defined race mixed with the general population... I mean the predatory classes. In the South they are called Poligars, and consist of the tribes of Marawars [etc.].
c. attrib. and Comb.: poligar-dog: a variety of dog from the poligar country.
1800Dk. Wellington in Arbuthnot Mem. Munro (1881) I. p. xcii, His operations were seldom impeded by poligár wars. 1830Marryat King's Own xlviii, It's a Polygar dog from the East Indies. 1885G. S. Forbes Wild Life in Canara 45 A poligar dog that was with me started off in pursuit.
Hence ˈpoligarship, the office of a poligar.
a1881in Arbuthnot Mem. Munro I. p. xcii, The Mysore system, which removed all poligárships [and] expelled their turbulent chiefs. |
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