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وَافِدٌ
A man coming to a king, or governor, [or great man,] as an ambassador, or envoy, or messenger; [or to convey gifts, and to ask aid, or assistance: See 1:] pl., or [rather] this first is a quasi-pl. n., وَفْدٌ and وُفَّدٌ and وُفَّادٌ; and pl. of وَفْدٌ, أَوْقَادٌ and وُفُودٌ: وَفْدٌ is also explained as signifying a party that assembles together and comes to a country or town: and a party that repairs to princes, or governors, to visit, and to ask aid, or assistance, or some benefit, &c.: and a party that comes to a king respecting an affair of conquest, or for congratulation, or the like: and a company chosen to go forth for the purpose of having an interview with great men: and a company of riders: and a company riding and honoured: but from the explanations in the K, and other lexicons, it seems to signify a party coming, whether walking or riding, chosen for the purpose of having an interview with great men, or not: the explanations of En-Nawawee and some others may be in accordance with general or conventional acceptations, and those of the rest may be proper, or literal.
2 وَافِدٌ A camel, or bird, or bird of the kind called القَطَا, that precedes the others in pace, and in coming to water.
3 الوَافِدَانِ The parts of the two cheeks which project when one chews, and which become depressed when one grows old. One says of a very old man, غَابَ وَافِدَاهُ [The middles of his cheeks have become depressed].
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