Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15752

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1756.—"Under each (chief) were placed different subordinate headmen, called *Vidána-Aratchies* and *Vidáns*. The last is derived from the word (*vidána*), 'commanding,' or 'ordering,' and means, as Clough (p. 647) defines it, the person who conveys the orders of the Government to the People."—*J. de Alwis, in Ceylon Journal*, 8, p. 237.

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