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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The only man who had ever been known to catch the pony when he was free was his own syce, whom his master had left at Chaksam.
From To Lhassa at Last by Millington, Powell
Now and again a syce hurried past, with head and shoulders enveloped in a sack.
From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Tracy, Louis
Then my pony who had come with me had to be despatched with the syce on two double marches to the railway terminus.
From To Lhassa at Last by Millington, Powell
Back around the turn I felt the dogcart tip up and knew the syce had jumped down, as I thought, to run ahead to see that the road was clear at this narrow turn.
From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.
Finnerty was off; rounding a turn, he came head on into a fleeing syce, who was knocked flat, to lie there, crying: "Oh, my lord, the sahib is eaten by a tiger!"
From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.
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