Anglo-Ind. Also wakil. [See VAKEEL (Properly the spelling with v should represent the Persian and Indian forms, and that with w the Arabic; but this is not observed in our examples).] = VAKEEL 1, 2.
1803. Sir J. Malcolm, in Kaye, Life (1856), I. 242. The Wakeels of Scindiah had yesterday a long audience.
1834. [A. Prinsep], Baboo, I. xvii. 296 (Stanf.). Even those who plead my cause; my wakeels, my agents.
1913. Daily News, 14 Feb., 6. Those among the students [Cairo] who have pursued the laical side of their studies become ‘Wakils’ (lawyers) or ‘Katibs’ (public or private accountants and writers).
