gour

noun3

1. •
   A pool in a cave confined by a dam of mineral deposits accumulating along its rim.
2. •
   (old-fashioned) Dated form of gaur (“Asian wild bovine”).
3. •
   (India, no longer used) The head man of a village in the Canarese-speaking country.

   • Every Tehsildary is farmed out in villages to the Gours or head-men. — 1800