havildar
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
havildar /ˈhavɪldɑː/
▶noun (in the Indian subcontinent) a soldier or police officer corresponding to a sergeant.
– origin from Urdu hawildār, from Pers. ḥawāldār ‘trust-holder’.
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