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Durbar
Dur′bar
,Noun.
[Hind.
darbār
, fr. Per dar[GREEK]ār
house, court, hall of audience; dar
door, gate + bār
court, assembly.] An audience hall; the court of a native prince; a state levee; a formal reception of native princes, given by the governor general of India.
[India]
[Written also
darbar
.] Definition 2024
durbar
durbar
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Noun
durbar (plural durbars)
- (now historical) A ceremonial gathering held by a ruler in India.
- 1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days, Chapter 25,
- A month after his retirement he was summoned to a durbar in Rangoon, to receive the decoration that had been awarded to him by the Indian Government.
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 175:
- He decided to stage a durbar on the plains outside the city, at which the Afghans would be able to express their loyalty to their new ruler.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 456:
- Father had refused to see my brother prvately and had chosen to speak to him at the durbar held to honour the victors of the Malwa campaign […].
- 1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days, Chapter 25,