sepoy
noun/ˈsiːpɔɪ/
/ˈsiːpɔɪ/
- in the past, an Indian soldier serving under a British or European officer
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- (Indian English) a soldier or police officer of the lowest rank
Word Originfrom Urdu and Persian sipāhī ‘soldier’, from sipāh ‘army’.
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