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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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
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
The spahis, who saw their master reel, threw themselves between the two and drove off the hussars surrounding Banfy.
From The Golden Age in Transylvania by Mór Jókai
They came on like a measureless sea,—infantry, janissaries, spahis.
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
