Timeline for What does "entertain in their service" imply?
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| May 7, 2019 at 13:44 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | The cited text isn't actually "British". See this 1943 link, which cites the source as "contemporary" (i.e.- from around 1857, a date referenced in the linked "footnote"). And that more extended context includes reference to the British, which strongly implies it was written by an Indian (an early example of "Indian English"?). | |
| May 7, 2019 at 11:11 | vote | accept | Kelvin | ||
| May 7, 2019 at 10:54 | history | edited | whiskeychief | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Better example and possible answer from Oxford dictionary. ; added 82 characters in body; added 1 character in body
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| May 7, 2019 at 10:45 | history | answered | whiskeychief | CC BY-SA 4.0 |