dalaway

English

Etymology

Tamil [Term?]

Noun

dalaway (plural dalaways)

1. (India, obsolete) The commander in chief of an army in South India.

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “dalaway”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].