spahi
or spa·hee
one of a body of Algerian cavalry in the French service.
(formerly) a cavalryman in the Turkish army.
Origin of spahi
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How to use spahi in a sentence
As soon as Mole was mounted, the chief spahi gave the word, and the imposing cavalcade set off at a quick trot.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks | Bracebridge HemyngAlready Banfy was fighting with the eighth spahi who, like all the rest, gave way before his extraordinary dexterity.
The Golden Age in Transylvania | Mr JkaiInstead of a single blanket, the spahi trooper has a half a dozen variegated saddle-cloths, very spectacular, if not useful.
In the Land of Mosques & Minarets | Francis MiltounNo great function, local or otherwise, is complete without a fantasia, and here the spahi is at his uncontrolled best.
In the Land of Mosques & Minarets | Francis MiltounThe fantasia is the classic diversion and showing-off pace of Algerias spahi cavalry.
In the Land of Mosques & Minarets | Francis Miltoun
British Dictionary definitions for spahi
spahee
/ (ˈspɑːhiː, ˈspɑːiː) /
(formerly) an irregular cavalryman in the Turkish armed forces
a member of a body of native Algerian cavalrymen in the French armed forces: disbanded after Algerian independence
Origin of spahi
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