sirdar
Americannoun
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(in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan) a military chief or leader.
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(formerly) the British commander of the Egyptian army.
noun
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a general or military leader in Pakistan and India
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(formerly) the title of the British commander in chief of the Egyptian Army
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a variant spelling of sardar
Etymology
Origin of sirdar
1605–15; < Hindi sardār < Persian
Example Sentences
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From there, he became a sirdar — the sherpa in charge of managing all of the other sherpas in an expedition.
From Seattle Times
She scrolled through her phone with sirdars - lead Sherpas - showing them pictures of the dead, asking for identification.
From Washington Times
He could not tell her that in his case the head sirdar of the Gularzai would be every whit as merciless as would Allah-din Khan and his followers.
From Project Gutenberg
From my father, to whom it was presented by an Afghan sirdar whose life he was the means of saving.
From Project Gutenberg
Their objective was the village of a sirdar of the Gularzai, and their way lay through ten miles mostly of craggy mountain, all tumbled and chaotic—shooting upward in a sea of jagged peaks.
From Project Gutenberg
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