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andor

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Definition of andor

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noun

  1. (India, historical)Synonym of dandy or hammock litter, a strong cloth suspended from a pole or set of poles used as an open sedan chair.
    “P. della Valle writes in the same strain: "And these two, the palankins and the andors [a kind of doli] also differ from one another, for in the andor the cane which sustains it is, as it is in the reti, straight; whereas in the palankin, for the greater convenience of the inmate, and to give more room for raising his head, the cane is arched upwards like this, _∩_..."”
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noun

  1. (India, historical)Synonym of dandy or hammock litter, a strong cloth suspended from a pole or set of poles used as an open sedan chair.
    “P. della Valle writes in the same strain: "And these two, the palankins and the andors [a kind of doli] also differ from one another, for in the andor the cane which sustains it is, as it is in the reti, straight; whereas in the palankin, for the greater convenience of the inmate, and to give more room for raising his head, the cane is arched upwards like this, _∩_..."”
  2. (India, archaic)Synonym of palanquin, used variously for nearly any kind of Indian litter.
    “1552. — "The Moors all were on foot, and their Captain was a valiant Turk, who as being their Captain, for the honour of the thing was carried in an Andor [i.e. a takhtrawan] on the shoulders of 4 men, from which he gave his orders as if he were on horseback." — Barros, II. vi. viii.”
  3. (Portugal)Synonym of litter, used in religious processions of saints' figurines.

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Etymology

From Portuguese andor, from Malayalam, from Sanskrit हिन्दोल (hindola, “swinging cradle, hammock litter, dooly”). Compare dooly from Sanskrit दुल् (dul) via Hindi.

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