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- noun Plural form of
muqaddam .
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Examples
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Once he realized this, the youth eased off, but his father's zeal remained unrelenting, and pretty soon he was getting promotion, no longer a mere runner but one of the organizing muqaddams.
The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967
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The Mameluke emirs, bashis and muqaddams wore their fortunes into battle -- gold bracelets and belts, jeweled rings, necklaces of coins.
The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Robert Shea 1963
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Bogha, a deafening roar went up from the emirs, the bashis, the muqaddams, the naqeebs, the troopers.
The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Robert Shea 1963
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