sirdar

About 0.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A high-ranking person in India and other areas of west-central Asia; a chief, a headman.
2. noun A rank assigned to the commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Army during the British occupation of Egypt.
3. noun The leader of a group of Sherpa mountain guides.

Similar words

sillahdar silladar sahib adigar kiladar dafadar saar kardar sudder ameen zaildar

Often followed by

of and was had khan tej lehna to or

Word family

sardar sardars sirdars