cossid en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɒsɪd/ (UK)
Etymology
From Arabic قَاصِد (qāṣid, “courier”).
Meanings
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A courier or messenger.
On the 28th April a cossid arrived here from the Sirdars of Candahar, with letters from Dost Mahomed Khan, and Nawab Jubbar Khan.
1834, “News from Candahar”, in Accounts and Papers, 11.XL:As elsewhere, contact was maintained by means of fleet-footed messengers, known as cossids, who took their lives in their hands running the gauntlet with secret despatches concealed on them.
1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 221:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cossids | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| cosset | alternative | lexicographic |