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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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 Paget, Walter
The subadar consented, and his brother was released to get the money and horse.
From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by Sleeman, William
"Quite true," answered Dilāwur readily; "I was at one time a subadar of the Guides, but I have been many things in my time, and now I am a mullah."
From The Story of the Guides by Younghusband, G. J.
Malcolm had been detained nearly half an hour by some difficulty which a subadar had experienced in arranging the details of the night’s guard.
From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Tracy, Louis
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 Sleeman, William
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