The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tindal \Tin"dal\, n. [From the native name: cf. Malayalam
   ta??al.]
   1. A petty officer among lascars, or native East Indian
      sailors; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain. [India]
      --Malcom.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. An attendant on an army. [India] --Simmonds.
      [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Tindal
    n 1: English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation
         of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for
         the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition;
         he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in
         Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536) [syn: Tyndale, William
         Tyndale, Tindale, William Tindale, Tindal, William
         Tindal]