kotwal
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hindi कोतवाल (kotvāl); see there for more.
Noun edit
kotwal (plural kotwals)
- (historical) The leader of a kot or fort in medieval India.
- The local police chief or magistrate of a town or city in India or the East Indies.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 437:
- Why do people pay taxes, offer their wrists for manacling when the kotwal or even an ordinary policeman shows up at the door to arrest a man who is accused of committing a theft or murder?