sepoy


n. (旧时英国军队中的)印度兵

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sepoy (n.)
"native of India in British military service," 1717, from Portuguese sipae, from Urdu sipahi, from Persian sipahi "soldier, horseman," from sipah "army." The Sepoy Mutiny was 1857-8.

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