Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9208

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**MANJEE**, s. The master, or steersman, of a boat or any native river-craft; Hind. *mānjhī*, Beng. *mājī* and *mājhī*, [all from Skt. *madhya*, ‘one who stands in the middle’]. The word is also a title borne by the head men among the Pahāris or Hill-people of Rājmahal (*Wilson*), [and as equivalent for *Majhwār*, the name of an important Dravidian tribe on the borders of the N.W. Provinces and Chota Nāgpur].

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