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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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 Sleeman, William
The subadar major stuck to Lieutenant Cassells, and it is to him the lieutenant owes his life.
From The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War by Churchill, Winston
His loss had been one subadar, one havildar, and three sipahees killed; one subadar, two havildars, one naik, and fourteen sipahees wounded and missing.
From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by Sleeman, William
In August 1847, Maheput Sing and his gang attacked the house of Meherban Tewaree, subadar of the Gwalior Contingent, in the village of Hareehurpoor, in the district of Rodowlee.
From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by Sleeman, William
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 Sleeman, William
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