Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

competition wallah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables: com-pe-ti-tion wal-lah
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the civil service who obtained an appointment by the competitive system instituted in 1856.

Indian usage; Colloquial

Usage

Inflected Forms

competition wallahs (plural)

Synonyms

competitioner wallah

Questions

What does competition wallah mean?: A member of the civil service who obtained an appointment by the competitive system instituted in 1856.

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