havildar

British  

/ ˈhævɪlˌdɑː /

noun

1. a noncommissioned officer in the Indian army, equivalent in rank to sergeant

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Etymology

Origin of havildar

C17: from Hindi, from Persian hawāldār one in charge

Example Sentences

He reached that place pursued by the auxiliaries, and with the loss of one havildar and one sipahee killed, and three sipahees very severely wounded.

From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by Sleeman, William

“The Sirdar Allahyar Khan was a havildar in one of the regiments serving under the Feringhi at the time of the great rising?” went on the mullah, in a kind of slow monotone.

From The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier by Mitford, Bertram

The cries from the barrack-room had ceased; for the poor havildar was dead, and his body had been removed to the hospital.

From Life in an Indian Outpost by Casserly, Gordon

For instance, the naïk, or corporal; the havildar, or serjeant:—even of the commissioned officers, the lowest are unavoidably native, on account of the native private.

From The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg by Hogg, James

The soldiers pointed to a gate near the breach and, as soon as the men had again mounted, the havildar rode with them along the ditch, and made the necessary observations.

From At the Point of the Bayonet A Tale of the Mahratta War by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)