ressaldar

English

Etymology

From Hindustani contraction रिसालदार (risāldār) / رسالدار‎ (risāldār), from रिसालादार (risālādār) / رسالہ دار‎ (risāla-dār), from Persian رساله‌دار‎ (resāle-dār), from Arabic رِسَالَة‎ (risāla) + Persian agent suffix دار‎ (dār).

Noun

ressaldar (plural ressaldars)

  1. The native captain of an Indian cavalry regiment.
    • Rudyard Kipling, The Ballad of East and West
      Then up and spoke Mohammed Khan, the son of the Ressaldar:
      "If ye know the track of the morning-mist, ye know where his pickets are. […]

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