Definition of Bukshi

1. a paymaster [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bukshi

buisting
buists
bujo
buke
buke muslin
bukes
bukkehorn
bukkehorns
bukovite
bukovskyite
bukovskyites
bukshee
bukshees
bukshi (current term)
bukshis
bukshish
bulachite
bulau
bulb
bulb of eye
bulb of hair
bulb of jugular vein
bulb of lateral ventricle
bulb of posterior horn of lateral ventricle of brain

Literary usage of Bukshi

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

1. Through Persia in Disguise: With Reminiscences of the Indian Mutiny by Charles Edward Stewart (1911)
"... and bukshi. Tekke means wild goat. The word Tekke also is applied to the old he-goat that leads a flock of goats. The Wakil and Beg clans are ..."

2. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1881)
"... and bukshi. eke means wild goat. The word Tekke also is applied to the old Toat that ... and bukshi clans are collectively called ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... and bukshi. The clans of Bog and Wakil are the most powerful, and occupy that part of the oasis which lies on the right or east bank of the ..."

4. The Bengal Law Reports of Decisions of the High Court at Fort William Civil by Great Britain Privy Council. Judicial Committee, Bengal (India). Board of Revenue, Bengal (India). Supreme Council (1884)
"... bukshi (2), referred (1) 8 WR, 80. (2) Before Mr. Justice Bayley and Mr. Justice Markby. ... bukshi AND ..."

5. The Rájopákhyán, Or, History of Kooch Behar by Yadunātha Ghosha (1874)
"The bukshi returned, but afterwards only sent a message to the English to say that the Nazir Deo was not at home, and that nothing could be done till he ..."

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