bandar

/ ˈbændɑːr /

noun

1. a male monkey
2. informal.
   an impudent or mischievous man or boy

Word History and Origins

Origin of bandar¹

C21: Hindi

Example Sentences

From the Syrian capital, it was shipped to Tehran and then transported by land to the port of Bandar Abbas.

From The Daily Beast

Bandar has always been inclined to defy conventions and bend rules.

From The Daily Beast

“His job requires being able to work 18 hours a day and he cannot,” says a Saudi who has collaborated closely with Bandar.

From The Daily Beast

Even after Bandar left as ambassador to Washington in 2005, he continued to carry messages back and forth from Riyadh.

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If not, Bandar told Bush, things were going to get very ugly.

From The Daily Beast

The capital of the province of Mūar is Bandar Maharani, named after the wife of the sultan before he had assumed his final title.

From Project Gutenberg

I told them I would settle the business at Bandar Cassimʼs village.

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There are also four building slips opposite the Apollo Bandar (landing-place) on the south-east side of the enclosure.

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This they had drawn up in writing, and desired the English and Datu Bandar to sign.

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The above mentioned traveller watched one, which he calls a bandar, and which took his station opposite to a sweetmeat shop.

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