A person who receives money sent through the British East India Company; a recipient of remittances or gifts in colonial India.
From Hindi/Urdu 'dashi' or related term meaning 'recipient' or 'one who receives,' with English -ee suffix. Used in colonial Indian English for individuals receiving funds from abroad.
Colonial English absorbed tons of Hindi and Urdu words, especially for financial and administrative terms—'dashee' shows how English speakers needed vocabulary for relationships created by empire, like people receiving money from relatives back in Britain.
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