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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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
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
On receiving the intimation, the subadar marched forthwith, and reached the place at the dawn of day, on the morning of the 1st of July 1850.
From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by William Sleeman
Two officers, the subadar major, by name Mangol Singh, and three or four Sepoys ran forward from the second knoll, to help in carrying the wounded off.
From The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War by Winston Churchill
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
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