ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Purvoe

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Purvoe is a noun meaning (India, obsolete) A Hindu clerk.

Meaning

(India, obsolete) A Hindu clerk.

Example Sentences

[…] not one-third of the work was done under the direction of the Garden Purvoe and Head Malley only, […]
[…] and there would be various objections to trusting a native with the purport of such communications, even where some of the baboos, sircars, purvoes, and others of that genus, can converse with sufficient comprehensiveness in English […]

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include parvoe, poojah, purpre, priar, priesting, prorex.

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