Definition of Bhistee

1. n. Same as Bheesty.

Definition of Bhistee

1. bheesty [n -S] - See also: bheesty

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bhistee

bharals
bhat
bheestie
bheesties
bheesty
bhelpuri
bhelpuris
bhels
bhikkhu
bhikkhus
bhikshu
bhikshus
bhindi
bhindis
bhistee (current term)
bhistees
bhisti
bhistie
bhisties
bhistis
bhoona
bhoonas
bhoot
bhoots
bhoy
bhp
bhuna
bhunas
bhunder

Literary usage of Bhistee

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

1. A Manual of Gardening for Bengal and Upper India by Thomas Augustus Charles Firminger (1874)
"Sometimes, when water has to be fetched from a distance for watering potted plants, a bhistee is employed to go round with the malee to refill his ..."

2. Life and Travel in India: Being Recollections of a Journey Before the Days by Anna Harriette Leonowens (1884)
"Nothing annoyed our pundit so much as when he heard me call my bhistee, or water-man, " a Hindoo:" " Hindoo nay, maim sahib, whoo jungly-wallah hai" (" Not ..."

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