Definitions
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- noun India A male
servant , with responsibility for waiting at table.
Etymologies
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Examples
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It stood on the mantelpiece among the pipe-stems which Imam Din, khitmatgar, was cleaning for me.
Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools Emilie Kip Baker
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He looked up as Desmond entered; if he thought that his visitor was somewhat better set-up than the average khitmatgar, he did not suspect any disguise.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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The Heaven-born set no particular store by it; but of what use was a polo-ball to a khitmatgar?
Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools Emilie Kip Baker
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From Joti Lal Chatterji, the man whom Mr. Watts had employed to make inquiries in Murshidabad, the servant was to get a dress such as would be worn by a khitmatgar {table servant}, and some material for staining the skin.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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It stood on the mantelpiece among the pipe-stems which Imam Din, _khitmatgar_, was cleaning for me.
Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900
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It stood on the mantelpiece among the pipe-stems which Imam Din, khitmatgar, was cleaning for me.
Plain Tales from the Hills Rudyard Kipling 1900
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The Heaven-born set no particular store by it; but of what use was a polo-ball to a _khitmatgar_?
The Kipling Reader Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling 1900
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The Heaven-born set no particular store by it; but of what use was a polo-ball to a khitmatgar?
Plain Tales from the Hills Rudyard Kipling 1900
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It stood on the mantelpiece among the pipe-stems which Imam Din, _khitmatgar_, was cleaning for me.
The Kipling Reader Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling 1900
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The Heaven-born set no particular store by it; but of what use was a polo-ball to a _khitmatgar_?
Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900
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