Definition of "jemadars" []

• Plural form of jemadar. (noun)

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• "One kotwal, a Naib, four jemadars and twenty six chupprassies with an additional five men for the protection of the charsook is the entire police force of the City."
• ""Addiscombe tripe" refers to the officers, not the jemadars and NCO's."
• "I had hardly seen a British officer on parade since my enlistment; they seemed content to leave their troops to the jemadars and n. c.o.s — Addiscombe tripe17, of course — and there was no question the British rankers in the Meerut garrison were a poorer type than, say, the 44th whom I'd known in the old Afghan days, or Campbell's Highlanders."