Sahibs, Nabobs and Boxwallahs: The Words of Anglo-India

This new dictionary not only presents the known vocabulary of Anglo-India, but also provides the sources, etymologies, and usages of the words of the past 350 years. With an extensive historical introduction and register of references, this complete source offers a lively and scholarly history of previous lexicographical work in this area as well as a socio-linguistic analysis of the growth of Anglo-Indian words and their use in the literature of India.Lewis, Ivor is the author of 'Sahibs, Nabobs and Boxwallahs: The Words of Anglo-India', published 1990 under ISBN 9780195625820 and ISBN 019562582X.