huzoor

1. (dated, India) A potentate; often used as a term of respect.Examples: ""What are you using to thread the flowers?" I asked curiously. "A woman's hair, Huzoor. It is always the hair of a woman who has died, but whose child has lived, that is used for Mai Âtma's crown. Shall I tell the story, Huzoor?" "Was she beautiful?" I asked irrelevantly, why I know not. "I do not know, Huzoor," he replied. "Am I not blind?""; "‘Here is my card. Call me a tonga.’ ‘Huzoor, all are at the Club.’"; "Muzaffar's instinctive rising to his feet to greet the man seemed to discomfit the man even more. ‘Huzoor,’ he said, with a gulp, ‘I beg you - do not inconvenience yourself -’ and, for no reason that Muzaffar could see, he flushed a dull scarlet. ‘I took the liberty of asking the chowkidar for the huzoor’s address,’ he explained, even though Muzaffar had not asked."Indiadated