Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—D

Durbar

(Indian word). A levée.

“Durbars which might rival in splendour of colour and jewelled bravery the glories of the court of Byzantium.” —McCarthy: England under Gladstone, chap. iv. p. 60.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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