maistry

noun — 2 senses

maistry

noun

Etymology Borrowed from Hindi मिस्त्री (mistrī), from Portuguese mestre.

1

India, Obsolete A foreman.

Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “Well, yes, of a kind. I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.”1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 5, in Pulling the Strings:

2

India, Obsolete Any artisan, such as a cook or a tailor.

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