Definitions for dewans

dewans de·wan

Spelling: [dih-wahn, -wawn]
IPA: /dɪˈwɑn, -ˈwɔn/

Dewans is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 139 anagrams from letters in dewans (adensw).

Definitions for dewans

noun

  1. (in India) any of certain officials, as a financial minister or prime minister of a native colony.

Origin of dewans

1680-90; Hindi: minister (of state) Persian dēvan register; see divan1

Examples for dewans

dewan, Ministers, officials, guards were hustled and swept aside.

He distrusted his dewan more than any one else in his service.

And here the dewan alluded to a matter of the greatest importance, and to which I shall again return further on.

If the dewan sent to ask her about anything her heart beat with fear.

By this lucky chance the dewan earned his reward from the Raja.

The dewan shall confer with you, and let you know my pleasure.

In his address of 1884 the dewan says that "the condition of the Province is again causing grave anxiety."

It is the business of all, from the ryots to the dewan, to conceal and deceive.

Soon after, the dewan sent word to the mistress that the estate was going to ruin.

In the southern part is the province of Mooltan, governed in 1848 by dewan Moolraj.

Word Value for dewans
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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