Lexicographical Neighbors of Cotwal
Literary usage of Cotwal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Comprehensive History of India, Civil, Military and Social: From the First by Henry Beveridge (1862)
"The cotwal accordingly set out in pursuit, and found De Gama hastening on ...
The cotwal rallied him on his haste, and asked him if he was running away. ..."
2. Letters Received by the East India Company from Its Servants in the East by East India Company, Frederick Charles Danvers, William Foster (1896)
"On Friday I waited at the Court till the King was risen but the cotwal came ...
Saturday the 28th the cotwal brought me before him I carried with me for a ..."
3. Memoir of the Rev. Henry Martyn by John Sargent (1820)
"I sent word to him to give nothing for his release, and not to fear: the cotwal
was afraid and let the man go, and ceased his claim upon his relations. ..."
4. Records of the Intelligence Department of the Government of the NOrth-west by Coldstream, William (1902)
"There is a new cotwal every day. The old cotwal has gone. The native Doctor of
the lii-gi- ment (9th) was chosen ..."
5. Historical and Statistical Memoir of the Ghazeepoor District by Wilton Oldham, North-Western Provinces (India) (1870)
"A cotwal to apprehend persons who may be guilty or accused of crime, ... For the
business of night-guards and the other duties connected with the cotwal, ..."
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