‖ killadar East Ind.
(ˈkɪlədɑː(r))
Also 8 killahdaur, 8–9 kelli-, kille-, keeledar.
[Urdū (Pers.) qilﻋadār, f. Arab. qalﻋah (pl. qilāﻋ) fort + Pers. -dār holder.]
The commandant or governor of a fort or castle.
| 1778 Orme Hist. Indostan II. 217 The fugitive garrison..returned, with 500 more, sent by the Kellidar of Vandiwash. 1783 Hist. Eur. in Ann. Reg. 97/1 The killedar or governor, with his rabble..fled into the fort. 1803 Wellington Let. to Col. Murray 16 July in Gurw. Desp. (1837) II. 95 It is imagined that the Killadar of Perinda is not unfaithful to the Nizam's government. 1862 Beveridge Hist. India I. iii. xi. 622 The native governor or killedar. |
Hence ˈkilladary, the governorship of a fort.
| 1803 Wellington in Desp. (1844) I. 355 The letters respecting the killadary of Darwar. |