jamadar

He took a turn pacing the marble floor, and with his eyes called a jamadar to one side.

Caste William Alexander Fraser 1896

In the context of the Deceivers jamadar means more than just "captain."

She Is The Darkness Cook, Glen 1997

The only Deceiver jamadar now known to be alive was Narayan Singh, who had become jamadar of jamadars before the destruction of his cult.

She Is The Darkness Cook, Glen 1997

A jamadar will know how many there are in his band and will have contacts with a few other jamadars but he'll have no idea how many bands there are or how strong they might be.

Dreams of Steel Cook, Glen 1990

There will be one high priest, his assistant, one jamadar as chief Strangler, with orders to strike down any chanter who raises his eyes from the floor.

Dreams of Steel Cook, Glen 1990

Narayan, of low caste and cursed with a Shadar name, had become jamadar of his band.

Dreams of Steel Cook, Glen 1990

Over and over, Narayan insisted there were true written records somewhere and that it was the great dream of every jamadar in every generation to recover them.

Dreams of Steel Cook, Glen 1990

A jamadar offered me a small animal figure someone had made by bending and braiding and twisting strands of grass, the kind of time-killing thing people do when they have nothing to do.

Dreams of Steel Cook, Glen 1990

Probably under the most dire orders of jamadar Narayan.

Dreams of Steel Cook, Glen 1990

He was a black rumel man, a jamadar with a reputation nearly rivalling Narayan's, Moma Sharrael, Vehdna.

Dreams of Steel Cook, Glen 1990