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(India, chiefly historical) An Indian translator or interpreter, particularly in their role as a household steward for British colonizers..
This I learnt was the captain's dubash, a native man acting as general steward who provides every household article as well as of merchandise, and engages all inferior servants.
[…] inhabitants complain to him, and as he does not understand the language he is obliged to call for his dubash to interpret what they say; […]
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Dubash means (India, chiefly historical) An Indian translator or interpreter, particularly in their role as a household steward for British colonizers..
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This I learnt was the captain's dubash, a native man acting as general steward who provides every household article as well as of merchandise, and engages all inferior servants.
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