Patel

Definitions

1. A surname from Gujarati, meaning “village headman”.
2. A village head man.
   India, historical

Equivalents

Examples

“As of late last⟳ week, some close⟳ to Trump believed it was a “toss-up” between Patel and Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey as to whom the president-elect would pick⟳ for FBI director, according to a source familiar with the discussions.”

“In a statement posted on social media, Bondi said that the man, identified in court documents as 37-year-old Sean Charles Dunn, has since been fired. […] On Wednesday night, the FBI director, Kash Patel, said that Dunn had been charged with felony assault on a federal officer.”

“In the troublous times which followed 1804, when the Maráthá power was waning, and every district almost was a scene of struggle⟳ for the supremacy, the patels everywhere came forward⟳ and boldly protected the villages, […]”

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