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n. (context East India English) A house-steward or native servant, being in charge of the kitchen and the food supplies.
Usage examples of "khansamah".
He was the son of the Great Khansamah, who presided over the house in Delhi.
Roshanara, the house in Delhi was under the command of the Great Khansamah, who was a very important gentleman indeed.
He was employed by the Company, as the Khansamah in Bombay was, and it was their duty to look after the comforts of important gentlemen sent out from EnglandI presumed such as Fabian and Dougal.
Great Khansamah Nana had a son, and it was to this son that Roshanara was betrothed.
Great Khansamah, a middle-aged man with more dignity than I have ever seen in any other person.
The Khansamah of this house is a man of overweening pride, as you have seen.
Great Khansamah would come with his usual pomp to the upper part of the house and Lavinia would receive him in the little boudoir-type room close to her bedroom.
The lady of the house should sit at a table, dignified and precise, listen attentively to the suggestions made by the Khansamah, sometimes query them and make a suggestion herself, and then give way or insist, whichever etiquette demanded.
It was because the dignified Khansamah emerged sufficiently from his regal aura to imply that he considered her beautiful.
He was quite exhausted and wanted to be taken to the Great Khansamah without delay.
We have made discoveries about the Great Khansamah and it seems we have trouble in our own household.
She was terrified of what would happen to her if the Great Khansamah ever discovered she had been involved in a plot to undermine his authority.
One should not be too trusting, and although I was sure there must be many of the servants who would be sad to see Roshanara burned to death, they would never know where the wrath of the Khansamah would end, and some might feel a patriotic desire to drive the British out of India and defy their laws.
Roshanara would come to the gazebo at midnight, when the house of the Great Khansamah was quiet and all in it were sleeping.
She could not believe that anyone could challenge the orders of the Great Khansamah, but at the same time she had great confidence in me.