Definition of Tanadar

1. an officer in charge of a tana [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tanadar

tampoon
tampoons
tamps
tams
tamsulosin
tamworth
tamworths
tan
tan line
tan lines
tan shen
tan someone's hide
tana
tanacetol
tanadar (current term)
tanadars
tanager
tanagers
tanagra
tanagras
tanagrine
tanagroid
tanaiste
tanaistes
tanalize
tanalized
tanalizing
tanas
tanate

Literary usage of Tanadar

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

1. Albuquerque by Henry Morse Stephens (1892)
"Affonso de Albuquerque told them that he would promise not to appoint any Muhammadan to the office of tanadar, and that he would give orders that the taxes ..."

2. Notes on the History and Antiquities of Chaul and Bassein by Joseph Gerson Cunha (1876)
"The gatekeeper of the Fort 3700 „ The jailor 15000 „ The tanadar- ... The tanadar-moV had under him twenty pcons, ten from Goa and ten from Bassein, ..."

3. Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and by Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell, William Crooke (1903)
"... the King Don Manoel constitutes Joao Machado to be tanadar and captain of ... in which was the tanadar of tb< City (Dabul), and going aboard the galle; ..."

4. A Manual of the Kistna District in the Presidency of Madras by Gordon Mackenzie (1883)
"The tanadar sent on this offer to the Collector who refused to listen to it. ... When the tanadar read out to him the Collector's reply, ..."

5. Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and by Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell, William Crooke (1903)
"... Machado to be tanadar and captain of land forces in Goa. ... in which was the tanadar of the City (Dabul), and going aboard the gall*;, ..."

6. Notes on the History and Antiquities of Chaul and Bassein by Joseph Gerson Da Cunha (1876)
"... pay was 200000 ,, This tanadar had besides, like those of Agasi, ... de cima," or Upper Bassein ; while that of the tanadar of Agasi was a large mosque. ..."

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