vakeel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of vakeel
First recorded in 1615–25; from Hindi vakēl, from Arabic wakīl
Example Sentences
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The evening arrived, and my vakeel, with his usual cunning, came to ask me "whether I intended to start to-morrow?"
From The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile by Sir Samuel White Baker
After some days, the absconded guide, Rabonga, appeared with a number of men, but without either my vakeel or Yaseen.
From The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile by Sir Samuel White Baker
The moment our batteries opened, their guns also opened a heavy cannonade, evidencing the truth of what the vakeel had been holding forth.
From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by John Shipp
Such was the situation of the Nabob's vakeel.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
Attempts to break up the mission seminary failed, because neither scholars nor parents would obey the mandate of the vakeel to withdraw from connection with the missionaries.
From History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. by Rufus Anderson
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