spahi
noun
one of a body of Algerian cavalry in the French service.
spahis
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pluralof spahi.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He stripped off his drab prison clothes, threw them into the water, donned a fresh uniform with the jaunty red cap of the Moroccan spahis.
From Time Magazine Archive
Massu moved in a rock-hard force of 20,000 green- and red-bereted paratroopers, legionnaires and spahis to take over the city of Algiers and its teeming Casbah.
From Time Magazine Archive
The attack of all the Polish forces might come at any moment, therefore the spahis could not drop their sabres from their hands; the janissaries stood like a wall, with their muskets ready to fire.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Indeed, two spahis came out against the little knight.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Two spahis crossed out of the shade into the light, their red and gold a picturesque splash of colour.
From Simon Called Peter by Robert Keable
