chokra India.
(ˈtʃəʊkrə)
[Hind. chhokrā.]
A boy, youngster; esp. one employed as servant in a household or in a regiment.
| 1875 A. Wilson Abode of Snow 136 He was dubbed ‘the Chokra’, or simply ‘boy’. 1895 B. M. Croker Village Tales (1896) 51 The two natives—the open-mouthed, gaping chokra, the respectfully exultant bearer. 1926 Blackw. Mag. Oct 499/2 In his absence the chokra was to look after me. 1934 ‘G. Orwell’ Burmese Days ii. 29 The invisible chokra who pulled the punkah rope outside. |