chuprassie

This gave time for the only chuprassie who had a sword to get between us, to whom he called out contemptuously to stand aside, saying he had come to kill me and did not want to hurt a common soldier.

John Nicholson The Lion of the Punjaub R. E. Cholmeley

On the other hand the gate-porter had usually to be propitiated before access was obtained to his master, like the modern chuprassie; and the resentment felt at his rapacity is shown in the proverb: "The broker, the octroi moharrir, the door-keeper and the bard: these four will surely go to hell."

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

I had a Brahman chuprassie, or orderly, who was regularly addressed by the rest of the household as Pandit, and on inquiring as to the literary attainments of this learned man, I found he had read the first two class-books in

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

His chuprassie had obviously bribed my pony wallahs, and a letter, stating my case pretty clearly, produced the ponies and an apology.

A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil T. R. Swinburne

Having discovered that he was a "Mr. Isaacs," I wended my way through verandahs and corridors, preceded by a _chuprassie_ and followed by my pipe-bearer, till I came to his rooms.

Mr. Isaacs 1881

I went indoors again to attend to my correspondence, and presently a gorgeously liveried white-bearded _chuprassie_ appeared at the door, and bending low as he touched his hand to his forehead, intimated that "if the great lord of the earth, the protector of the poor, would turn his ear to the humblest of his servants, he would hear of something to his advantage."

Mr. Isaacs 1881

In the Native States the chuprassie flourishes rampantly.

Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series George Robert Aberigh-Mackay 1864

The chuprassie paints his master in colours drawn from his own black heart.

Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series George Robert Aberigh-Mackay 1864

He added that if we saw a chuprassie on seven rupees a month living overtly at the rate of a thousand, we ought immediately to appoint him an _attaché_ or put him in gaol.

Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series George Robert Aberigh-Mackay 1864

The red chuprassie is ubiquitous; he is in the verandah of every official's house in India, from the Governor-General downwards; he is in the portico of every Court of Justice, every Treasury, every Public

Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series George Robert Aberigh-Mackay 1864