Chamcha
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chamcha is a noun meaning (India, colloquial) A sycophant and hanger-on or lackey.
Meaning
(India, colloquial) A sycophant and hanger-on or lackey.
Example Sentences
Chamcha Sycophant (lit. ‘spoon’). 1997. Ghulam Nabi Azad. India Today (June 23) p. 13: I have my own standing in the party. I cannot be anybody’s chamcha (stooge).
No doubt, the United Kingdom also had their sycophants—toadys, bachhas, jholichuks and hukkabardars—but chamchas of the modern vintage they had none. Chamchas are a breed apart.
1997. Sudhir Vaishnav. Times of India. (Aug. 24) “A very political exercise” Several hangers-on. They are available aplenty everywhere in the country and are often known in the local market as Chamcha.
Leaders’ chamchas get lucky”: All three have pulled strings in their respective parties to get Assembly poll tickets for their puppets and close confidants, better known in political parlance as chamchas.
Word Forms
- chamchas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include parasite, chaddi, chammy, chommie, chomma, chump.
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