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muccadum (muckadum, mocuddum)
12016-05-31T00:10:18-04:00Sarita Mizinf3227efb2a3c20c94b23681a0d509e36b12805e9422Glossaryplain2016-05-31T14:43:13-04:00Sarita Mizinf3227efb2a3c20c94b23681a0d509e36b12805e9Hobson-Jobson: (Hindustani from Ar. muḳaddam) 'praepositus,' a head-man. The technical applications are many; e.g. to the headman of a village, responsible for the realisation of the revenue; to the local head of a caste ; to the head man of a body of peons or of a gang of labourers (Hobson-Jobson 569)