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 was on the spot when his father died, while the new subadar was absent.
From With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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
As day dawned the subadar got up, opened the door and walked out, as usual, to breathe the fresh air, thinking all safe.
From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by Sleeman, William
Captain Rowcroft, who was in command, had with him only a subadar and half a dozen sepoys, when a heavy fire was opened upon him.
From Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti by Paget, Walter
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
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