(India, historical) A native who loitered about the wharves of Calcutta seeking employment as a servant with newly arrived Europeans.
(India, historical) A native who loitered about the wharves of Calcutta seeking employment as a servant with newly arrived Europeans.
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An Indian term for a sailor or ship-worker, particularly associated with the indentured labourers transported from India to the Caribbean and other British colonial territories in the 19th century. In Caribbean Indian communities, jahaji bhai (ship brother) became a term for the bonds formed between people who crossed the sea together.