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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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 W. A. Fraser
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 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
So agile did he become, that no name among the syce of Egypt was more renowned than that of Mahmoud.
From Harper's Young People, April 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
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 Bertram Mitford
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