Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
chudder .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
chador .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women
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Examples
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Pilgrims carry a 'chadar', a ceremonial cloth inscribed with religious verses, as an offering at the shrine of Sufi Saint Hazarat Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti in Ajmer, India, on Thursday.
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India's Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi, third left, poses with a 'chadar' at her residence in New Delhi on Monday.
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Flower petals are seen on a 'chadar' as pilgrims proceed with it towards the dargah, or shrine, on Monday.
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Going down a ward at night, one might see four hundred or more of these convicts, each enveloped from head to foot in a "chadar," or native sheet, literally over head and ears in sleep.
Prisoners Their Own Warders A Record of the Convict Prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements Established 1825 W. D. Bayliss 1869
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The Press Trust of India reports Abdul Rehman, 69, had gone to India on a tourist visa on Saturday along with some family members, to offer 'chadar' at the shrine of Syed Salar Masood Ghazi in the district of Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh.
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The Press Trust of India reports Abdul Rehman, 69, had gone to India on a tourist visa on Saturday along with some family members, to offer 'chadar' at the shrine of Syed Salar Masood Ghazi in the district of Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh.
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Ms. Hasina, her son Wajid Joy, sister Sheikh Rehana, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni, and High Commissioner to India Tariq Kareem laid a "chadar" at the mausoleum of the Sufi saint and performed "ziarat" with the help of a hereditary "khadim" (worker), Kamaluddin Chishti, amid tight security.
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Ms. Hasina, her son Wajid Joy, sister Sheikh Rehana, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni, and High Commissioner to India Tariq Kareem laid a "chadar" at the mausoleum of the Sufi saint and performed "ziarat" with the help of a hereditary "khadim" (worker), Kamaluddin Chishti, amid tight security.
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Ms. Hasina, her son Wajid Joy, sister Sheikh Rehana, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni, and High Commissioner to India Tariq Kareem laid a "chadar" at the mausoleum of the Sufi saint and performed "ziarat" with the help of a hereditary "khadim" (worker), Kamaluddin Chishti, amid tight security.
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June 27th, 2009 AJMER - Union Ministers Salman Khursheed and Sachin Pilot offered a 'chadar' or holy cloth at the revered shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moin-ud-din Chisti in Ajmer on the occasion of 797 "Urs", here on Saturday.
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