English

Noun

vakil ‎(plural vakils)

1. (India) A representative, especially of a political figure; an official or ambassador.
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘Consequences’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 69:

     These papers deal with all sorts of things—from the payment of Rs.200 to a ‘secret service’ native, up to rebukes administered to Vakils and Motamids of Native States