chaprasi means an official of some kind, especially an important attendant or messenger in the household of an Indian landowner.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi चपरासी (caprāsī).
noun
- An official of some kind, especially an important attendant or messenger in the household of an Indian landowner.“A servant in scarlet interrupted him; he was the chuprassy of the Civil Surgeon, and he handed Aziz a note.”