Usually means: Local leader in Arab villages.
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  1. mukhtar: Merriam-Webster
  2. mukhtar: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. mukhtar: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Mukhtar, mukhtar: Wordnik
  5. Mukhtar, mukhtar: Wiktionary
  6. Mukhtar: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Mukhtar: Rhymezone

Definitions from Wiktionary (mukhtar)

noun:  (politics) A minor official—usually overseeing a village or town—in many Arab countries and (historical) in the Ottoman Empire and its successor states, including Turkey, Northern Cyprus, and formerly Albania.
noun:  (India, historical) A person acting as an agent, particularly a lawyer.
noun:  A surname from Arabic.
noun:  (specifically) Alternative spelling of muhtar: an elected official overseeing a village or neighborhood in modern Turkey. [(politics) An elected village or neighborhood official in modern Turkey.]

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