syce
Americannoun
noun
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(formerly, in India) a servant employed to look after horses, drive carriages, etc
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(in Malaysia) a driver or chauffeur
Etymology
Origin of syce
1645–55; < Urdu sā'is < Arabic
Example Sentences
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"You didn't see my syce about, did you?" he asked as a feeler.
From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.
Suppose you do discover that in the summer of 1820 an English major threw a bootjack at his syce?
From Carlyon Sahib by Murray, Gilbert
A pressure of the hand, and she turned her pony and rode away at a walk, the syce following.
From The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan by Mitford, Bertram
I had a syce or groom who passed by the name of Lal Biro.
From Strange Stories by Allen, Grant
There was Mr. Isaacs, the head clerk, with a red-coated chaprassi and a syce also mounted, who accompanied us on a visit to two monasteries further up the valley.
From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth
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