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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"Wishing to keep this meeting secret, he's left the syce at home and tied the pony to a tree up there somewhere; the shot probably frightened it."
From The Three Sapphires by W. A. Fraser
The syce, who was ordered out on the first errand, showed no great concern.
From The Heath Hover Mystery by Bertram Mitford
At last my pony with his syce and the missing kit arrived, and I was enabled to start for Gnatong the next day.
From To Lhassa at Last by Powell Millington
The syce, Sidhoo, was a smart, open-chested, sinewy-limbed little fellow, a perfect model of a biped racer.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. by Various
What was it the Mahometan syce the musth elephant killed at Bhurtpore said about his wife?
From The Dop Doctor by Richard Dehan
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