dubash
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
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An Indian translator or interpreter, particularly in their role as a household steward for British colonizers.
— This I learnt was the captain's dubash, a native man acting as general steward who provides every household article as well as of merchandise, and engages all inferior servants.
词源
From Hindi दो (do, “two”) + भाषा (bhāṣā, “languages”).
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