kotwal

English

Borrowed from Hindi कोतवाल (kotvāl); see there for more.

kotwal (plural kotwals)

(historical) The leader of a kot or fort in medieval India.
The local police chief or magistrate of a town or city in India or the East Indies.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 437:
  Why do people pay taxes, offer their wrists for manacling when the kotwal or even an ordinary policeman shows up at the door to arrest a man who is accused of committing a theft or murder?

单词	kotwal
释义	kotwal English Alternative forms catwal, cotwal, cutwal, cutwaul, kutwal Etymology Borrowed from Hindi कोतवाल (kotvāl); see there for more. Noun kotwal (plural kotwals) (historical) The leader of a kot or fort in medieval India. The local police chief or magistrate of a town or city in India or the East Indies. 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 437: Why do people pay taxes, offer their wrists for manacling when the kotwal or even an ordinary policeman shows up at the door to arrest a man who is accused of committing a theft or murder? Related terms kotwali
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