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Thakur or Thakar may refer to:
- Sree Sree Thakur Anukulchandra (Sree Sree Thakur)
- Thakur (Indian title)
- Thakur (Bengali surname)
- Thakar tribe, an Adivasi people in Maharashtra, India
- Thakar (caste), a caste of India
Thakur (ঠাকুর in Bengali language), may mean God, Deity, Idol, Overlord, Lord, Leader or Master, a man deserving respect or reverence, an elder, a spiritual guide, a guru, priest, teacher, a Brahman or, a Brahman employed as a cook.
Thakur and thākura are the words derived from the Sanskrit word thakkura meaning "administrator" or jamindaar. Used as a term of respect meaning "chief", "lord", or "master". Also the name of a Kshatriya family in Bengal whose members have Anglicised their name Tagore. Thakur as a Bengali surname is derived from "Thakurmashai" or 'holy sir' for any Bengali Brahmins and also for someone of high spiritual esteem.
Thakur is also an Indian feudal and colonial title in Hindi.
Usage examples of "thakur".
He began his work in 1857 by carrying off a follower of the Thakur of Gurwarra, on whom we were keeping a watch during the troublous times of the mutiny.
SINGH was by caste a Thakur, and the headman of Chandni Chauk village.
In the gang he commanded there were men and women of all castes including Brahmins, Chattris, and Thakurs, and never once did he offend by rendering less respect to these high-caste men and women than was theirs by birthright, and never once was his authority questioned.