Definition of Chokidar

1. a watchman [n -S] - See also: watchman

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chokidar

chokedamps
chokedar
chokedars
chokehold
chokeholds
chokepoint
chokepoints
choker
chokers
chokes
chokes the chicken
chokeslam
choketh
chokey
chokeys
chokidar (current term)
chokidars
chokier
chokies
chokiest
choking
choking bloom
choking blooms
choking coil
choking the chicken
chokingly
chokings
choko
chokos
chokra

Literary usage of Chokidar

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

1. The Diary of a Civilian's Wife in India, 1877-1882 by E. Augusta King (1884)
"Our last chokidar, however, slept really too continuously, so we told the bearer to look out for another. Now there is among men a caste called ..."

2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1908)
"... the chokidar leant against the wall of the house, while its owner, the guardian of the night, slept. Carter seized the stick, and poking the coolie, ..."

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