dastur

or du·stoor, du·stour

[ duh-stoo r ]
/ dəˈstʊər /

noun

a Parsee chief priest.

Origin of dastur

First recorded in 1885–90, dastur is from the Persian word dastur

Words nearby dastur

dassin, dassn't, dast, dastard, dastardly, dastur, dasy-, dasymeter, dasypaedal, dasyphyllous, dasyu

Example sentences from the Web for dastur

  • Without these the Revolution will miscarry and our Dastur will not be worth a date-stone.

    The Book of Khalid |Ameen Rihani

  • Look at our French-swearing, whiskey-drinking Tataric angels of the Dastur!

    The Book of Khalid |Ameen Rihani