Bahadur \Ba*ha"dur\ Bahaudur \Ba*hau"dur\, n. [Written also
{bahawder}.] [Hind. bah[=a]dur hero, champion.]
A title of respect or honor given to European officers in
East Indian state papers, and colloquially, and among the
natives, to distinguished officials and other important
personages.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]