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Webster 1913 Edition
Tindal
Tin′dal
,Noun.
[From the native name: cf. Malayalam
ta[GREEK][GREEK]al
.] 1.
A petty officer among lascars, or native East Indian sailors; a boatswain’s mate; a cockswain.
[India]
Malcom.
2.
An attendant on an army.
[India]
Simmonds.
Definition 2024
tindal
tindal
English
Noun
tindal (plural tindals)
- (India, dated) A petty officer among lascars; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain.
- 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin 2015, p.16:
- One thing that continued unchanged was the division of the crew into two watches, each led by a tindal.
- 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin 2015, p.16:
- (India, dated) An attendant on an army.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Simmonds to this entry?)