chetty

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A member of one of various South Indian castes of merchants, money-lenders and land-owners.
    — A contract is made, usually by the house itself, with the chetties for such a quantity of cotton of such a quality, and the very lowest sum is fixed. The chetty, finding he cannot get a price that would justify the delivery of such cotton as he has contracted for, agrees to it, well knowing that they must take such as he chooses to deliver to them at the time.

词形变化

chetties plural chitty alternative

词源

Ultimately from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭha) or श्रेष्ठीन् (śreṣṭhīn).
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