chaprassi

Because of my dark color he mistook me for a chaprassi (scavengar/janitor).

Why are South Indians so smart? Steve Sailer 2002

The day after Mr. Qureishi's departure, the chaprassi Gul Muhammad ditched his scooter and joined the foot-pilgrims, knotting a handkerchief around his head to indicate his devotion.

The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

Each bird is given by nature a new suit of clothes every autumn, and in most cases the bird, like a Government _chaprassi_, has to make it last a whole year.

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

There is, however, this difference between the bird and the _chaprassi_: the plumage of the former always looks clean and smart, while the garment of the _chaprassi_ is usually neither the one nor the other.

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

God knows what they called me -- orderly, _chaprassi_ (messenger), cook, sweeper, I did not know nor care.

Traffics and Discoveries Rudyard Kipling 1900

The chaprassi who took the envelope was not more of an idiot than most chaprassis.

Plain Tales from the Hills Rudyard Kipling 1900

A chaprassi called Joga tells of having been compelled to travel at night through a forest: he heard a voice calling him by name.

In the Forbidden Land Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

Two clerks who had witnessed the scene, and a chaprassi, were sent along to Mr Macgregor’s office to corroborate the story.

Burmese Days 2002