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sepoy

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈsiːˌpɔɪ/Sorted eopsyStarts with SEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. An Indian soldier formerly serving under a European colonial power.

Word origin

From Portuguese sipae, from Urdu سِپاہی (sipāhī) / Hindi सिपाही (sipāhī), from Classical Persian سِپَاهِی (sipāhī, “soldier, horseman”), from سِپَاه (sipāh, “army”). Doublet of spahi and sipahi.

Used in a sentence

  • If our door were in the hands of the Sepoys the place must fall, and the women and children be treated as they were in Cawnpore.

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