mukhtar

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Synonyms: muhtar, muktar

Antonyms: muhtar, muktar

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|politics}} A [[minor]] [[official]]—[[usually]] [[overseeing]] a [[village]] or [[town]]—in [[many]] [[Arab]] [[countries]] and {{lb|en|historical}} in the [[Ottoman Empire]] and its [[successor]] [[state]]s, [[including]] [[Turkey]], [[Northern Cyprus]], and [[formerly]] [[Albania]].
2. {{lb|en|India|historical}} A [[person]] [[act#Verb|acting]] as an [[agent]], [[particularly]] a [[lawyer]]. {{defdate|early 19th – mid 20th c.}}

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en|from=Arabic}}.

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