Hobson-Jobson; Being a Glossary of Anglo-Indian Colloquial Words And Phrases, And of Kindred Terms; Etymological, Historical, Geographical, And Discursive
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India, whilst chuprassy (q.v.) is more common in N. India, though peon is also used there. The word is likewise employed very generally for men em- ployed on police service (see Burk- undauze). The word had probably become un- usual in Portugal by 1600; for Manoel Correa, an early commentator on the Lusiads (d. 1613), thinks it necessarj"^ to explain pioes by ' gente de pe.' 1503. "The Qamorym ordered the sol- dier (piao) to take the letter away, and strictly forbade him to say anything about h...is having seen it." — Correa, Lendas,!. i. 421. 1510. " So the Sabayo, putting much trust in this (Eumi), made him captain within the city (Goa), and outside of it put under him a captain of his with two thou- sand soldiers (piaea) from the Balagate. . . ." —lb., II. i. 51. 1563. " The pawn (piao) they call Piada, which is as much as to say a man who travels on foot."-'G'ama, f. 37. 1575. " Rey de Badajos era alto Mouro Con quatro mil cavallos furiosos, Innumeros pioes, darmas e de ouro, Guarnecidos, guerreiros, e lustrosoa," By Burton : Camoea, iii.
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