subadar
Americannoun
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a provincial governor of the Mogul empire.
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the chief Indian officer of a company of troops in the British Indian Army.
noun
Etymology
Origin of subadar
First recorded in 1665–75; from Urdu, from Persian, equivalent to ṣūba “province” + dār “holding, holder”
Example Sentences
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The subadar will take you down to the men's lines.
From Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti by Walter Paget
“I asked a wounded havildar who it was that led the column, and he told me the commander was a new arrival, a subadar of the 8th Irregular Cavalry, named Akhab Khan,” he said.
From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Louis Tracy
He borrowed the money and sent it with the horse through Bhowanee Deen Tewaree, landholder of Ladeeka Poorwa, and the subadar was released.
From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by William Sleeman
On his being transferred to the invalid establishment, the subadar resided with his family in Rampoor, and in May, 1846, his nephew, Mugun Sing, came home on furlough to visit him.
From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by William Sleeman
Many of his retainers were among the prisoners brought in to me, having been present at the distribution of the large booty acquired from the old subadar, some thirty or forty thousand rupees.
From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by William Sleeman
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