ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Cossid

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈkɒsɪd/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Cossid is a noun meaning (Anglo-Indian) A courier or messenger.

Meaning

(Anglo-Indian) A courier or messenger.

More Meanings

  1. (zoology, entomology) Any moth of the family Cossidae of carpenter miller moths.

Example Sentences

On the 28th April a cossid arrived here from the Sirdars of Candahar, with letters from Dost Mahomed Khan, and Nawab Jubbar Khan.
As elsewhere, contact was maintained by means of fleet-footed messengers, known as cossids, who took their lives in their hands running the gauntlet with secret despatches concealed on them.

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Related dictionary entries include coss, cossae, cossack, cossie, koss, coxie.

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