Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15830
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15830
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c10.15830
**WOON**, s. Burm. *wun*, ‘a governor or officer of administration’; literally ‘a burden,’ hence presumably the ‘Bearer of the Burden.’ Of this there are various well-known compounds, e.g.: