toty

English

Alternative forms

• totty

Etymology

From Tamil தோண்டு (tōṇṭu)

Noun

toty (plural toties)

1. (India, obsolete) A low-caste laborer hired as a messenger etc.

References

• Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “toty”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].