Thakur
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Thakur
1790–1800; < Hindi ṭhākur master, chief < Prakrit ṭhākkura village headman < Sanskrit: a title
Example Sentences
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Fast bowler Renuka Singh Thakur lost her father Kehar Singh Thakur in 1999 when she was three years old.
From BBC
Thakur first played cricket in the lanes of her village and later moved to the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association's residential academy in Dharamshala - one of the first residential facilities for women cricketers in the country.
From BBC
Beaumont's form remains a concern but she and Jones negotiated the new-ball threat of returning seamer Renuka Singh Thakur to reach 73-0 before the former was bowled attempting a sweep off the indefatigable Deepti, and Jones was frustratingly caught at mid-wicket to unite Sciver-Brunt with her predecessor.
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"Many poor patients turn to local chemists for advice, assuming the person behind the counter is a pharmacist; in 10 out of 10 times in rural India, that is a wrong assumption," says Dinesh Thakur, a former Indian drug executive-turned-public health expert.
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At Headingley, Stokes dismissed Karun Nair and Shardul Thakur to allow Josh Tongue to mop up the tail.
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