autowallah

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noun

driver, chauffeur (especially of an autorickshaw)

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Meanings

nounautowallah (plural autowallahs)

plural autowallahs

  1. Indiadriver, chauffeur (especially of an autorickshaw)

    "I have hired an autowallah, Kulwinder Singh, to drop me to college every day," he says.

    2016 May 29, “It’s bhangra and bhaichara for Africans in Punjab”, in The Times of India

Origin

From auto- + wallah.

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APA

autowallah. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autowallah

MLA

“autowallah.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autowallah. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autowallah,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autowallah.

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