- bahawder
- Bahadur Ba*ha"dur ||Bahaudur Ba*hau"dur, n. [Written also {bahawder}.] [Hind. bah[=a]dur hero, champion.] A title of respect or honor given to European officers in East Indian state papers, and colloquially, and among the natives, to distinguished officials and other important personages. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.