vakeel

American  

[vuh-keel] / vəˈkil /

Or vakil

noun

Indian English.

1. a lawyer, agent, or representative.

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Etymology

Origin of vakeel

First recorded in 1615–25; from Hindi vakēl, from Arabic wakīl

Example Sentences

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 Anderson, Rufus

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 Shipp, John

Upon his vakeel approaching to capture the fellow, most of the men laid down their guns and, seizing sticks, rushed to his rescue.

From Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by Kingston, William Henry Giles

He could tell you the very brand of the pills the Raja is taking: he receives the paltriest gossip of the Nawab's court filtered through a lying vakeel.

From Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series by Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert

On entering the village I found a hut prepared for me by the orders of my vakeel: it was very small, and I immediately ordered a fence and courtyard to be constructed.

From The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile by Baker, Samuel White, Sir