daur en · NOUN
Meanings
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(India, obsolete) A foray or hasty expedition.
I have just been out on a daur, in which I killed Murad Buksh, subahdar of the battery which fired on the boats at Cawnpore.
1888, The Life and Opinions of Major-General Sir Charles Metcalfe MacGregor, page 117:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| daurs | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| dour | alternative | lexicographic |