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Moolvie
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(an Urdu variant of Arabic maulavi, a derivative of mullah, a man learned in the law), the name used in India of a man learned in Mahommedan law, and hence used generally of a teacher or as a complimentary title of one learned in any branch of knowledge.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Moolvie'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/m/moolvie.html. 1910.