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sepoy

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se·poy  (spoi)
n.
1. An indigenous soldier serving in the army of a foreign conqueror, especially an Indian soldier serving under British command in India.
2.
a. The lowest enlisted rank in the British Indian army and its successors, equivalent to private.
b. One holding this rank.
[Probably from Portuguese sipae, from Urdu siph, from Persian, cavalryman, from siph, army.]
sepoy [ˈsiːpɔɪ]
n
(Historical Terms) (Military) (formerly) an Indian soldier in the service of the British
[from Portuguese sipaio, from Urdu sipāhī, from Persian: horseman, from sipāh army]
Translations
sepoy [ˈsiːpɔɪ] N → cipayo m
sepoy
n → Sepoy m


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Among the passengers was a number of officials and military officers of various grades, the latter being either attached to the regular British forces or commanding the Sepoy troops, and receiving high salaries ever since the central government has assumed the powers of the East India Company: for the sub-lieutenants get 280 pounds, brigadiers, 2,400 pounds, and generals of divisions, 4,000 pounds.
Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context
I see the sickening wall of weapons now; I see that advancing host as I saw it then, I see the hate in those cruel eyes; I remember how I drooped my head upon my breast, I feel again the sudden earthquake shock in my rear, administered by the very ram I was sacrificing myself to save; I hear once more the typhoon of laughter that burst from the assaulting column as I clove it from van to rear like a Sepoy shot from a Rodman gun.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
There was need,' said the young sepoy drily, and the travellers' laugh turned against the banker.
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