Kurup

Kurup is an occupational title among the Nairs of Kerala, India. They served as warriors, generals and warlords to kings. It was also a honorific hereditary title dignifying certain Kshatriya clans of Kiryathil Nairs in the Malabar regions. The title of Kurup was also used by a class of Nairs who were employed as supervisors in temples and pagodas.