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”
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The subadar lay on his cot below, near the door, his brother, Angud Tewaree, slept on the upper story.
From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by William Sleeman
Then the officers all shook him by the hand, and he started with the subadar for the men's lines, with hearty thanks to the others.
From Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti by Walter Paget
At last they came down to four hundred rupees and the horse, which the subadar kept for his own riding.
From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by William Sleeman
I will quote, in concluding this discussion, the opinion of an old Gurkha subadar who had seen much fighting.
From The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War by Winston Churchill
Some placed ladders and entered the upper story through a window; Maheput, with others, broke open the door, near which the subadar slept below.
From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by William Sleeman
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