'bahawder' definitions:

Definition of 'bahawder'

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Bahadur \Ba*ha"dur\ Bahaudur \Ba*hau"dur\, n. [Written also bahawder.] [Hind. bah[=a]dur hero, champion.] A title of respect or honor given to European officers in East Indian state papers, and colloquially, and among the natives, to distinguished officials and other important personages. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]