Definition of Bahadur

1. n. A title of respect or honor given to European officers in East Indian state papers, and colloquially, and among the natives, to distinguished officials and other important personages.

Definition of Bahadur

1. Noun. A warrior, especially a Mongol. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bahadur

1. a Hindu title of respect [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bahadur

baguet
baguets
baguette
baguettes
baguio
baguios
bagwash
bagwashes
bagwig
bagwigs
bagworm
bagworms
bah
bahada
bahadas
bahadur (current term)
bahadurs
bahaha
bahamas
bahar
bahars
bahia coquilla
bahianite
bahnung
bahookie
bahookies
bahrain
bahs

Literary usage of Bahadur

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Oriental Biographical Dictionary: Founded on Materials Collected by the by Thomas William Beale, Henry George Keene (1881)
"Their meaning is this : " The Europeans were the slayers of bahadur," and "The king of the land became a martyr at Sea." bahadur Shah was 20 years of age ..."

2. The History of India: The Hindu and Mahometan Periods by Mountstuart Elphinstone (1874)
"... but he refused His defeat *° acknowledge bahadur Shall, and that king, after and death, attempting in vain to win him over by concessions, ..."

3. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sanads Relating to India and by India Foreign and Political Dept (1892)
"Among these was Raja 11 immat bahadur, the spiritual head and military commander of a large body of devotees, who had acquired some territory in Bundelkhand ..."

4. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1881)
"'for- bahadur Shah was Emperor of all the territories inherited by Aurangzeb. ... bahadur Shah marched against the south; and the news soon arrived that the ..."

5. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1906)
"He was io all respects a must able and trustworthy servant of the lrm Government, who rewarded him with the title of Khan bahadur. ..."

6. History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India Till the Year A. D. 1612 by John Briggs (1829)
"Queen C/mud obtains the release of bahadur Nizam Shah. ... [HE Queen Chand having succeeded in obtaining the person of bahadur Nizam Shah from his ..."

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