sepoy


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sepoy /ˈsiːpɔɪ, sɪˈpɔɪ/
noun historical an Indian soldier serving under British or other European orders.
– origin from Urdu and Pers. sipāhī ‘soldier’.
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