huzoor

plural huzoors

1. IndiadatedA potentate; often used as a term of respect.

   ‘Here is my card. Call me a tonga.’ ‘Huzoor, all are at the Club.’

   1924, E. M. Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 15

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   "What are you using to thread the flowers?" I asked curiously. "A woman's hair, Huzoor. It is always the hair of a woman who has died, but whose child has lived, that is used for Mai Âtma's crown. Shall I tell the story, Huzoor?" "Was she beautiful?" I asked irrelevantly, why I know not. "I do not know, Huzoor," he replied. "Am I not blind?"

   1903, Flora Annie Steel, In the Guardianship of God, Read Books, published 2019, unnumbered page

   Muzaffar's instinctive rising to his feet to greet the man seemed to discomfit the man even more. ‘Huzoor,’ he said, with a gulp, ‘I beg you - do not inconvenience yourself -’ and, for no reason that Muzaffar could see, he flushed a dull scarlet. ‘I took the liberty of asking the chowkidar for the huzoor’s address,’ he explained, even though Muzaffar had not asked.

   2015, Madhulika Liddle, Crimson City, Hachette, unnumbered page