What does cossid mean?
Cossid means (Anglo-Indian) A courier or messenger..
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/ˈkɒsɪd/ · noun
(Anglo-Indian) A courier or messenger..
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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Cossid means (Anglo-Indian) A courier or messenger..
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On the 28th April a cossid arrived here from the Sirdars of Candahar, with letters from Dost Mahomed Khan, and Nawab Jubbar Khan.
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