Definition of Havildars

1. Noun. (plural of havildar) ¹

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Definition of Havildars

1. havildar [n] - See also: havildar

Lexicographical Neighbors of Havildars

haversacks
haversed sine
haversian
haversian canals
haversian lamella
haversian spaces
haversian system
haversin
haversine
haversines
haves
havest
havier
haviers
havildar
havildars (current term)
havin'
having
having a clue
having a mind like a sieve
having a wank
having a word
having another think coming
having eyes bigger than one's stomach
having had it
having it
having it going on
having it off
having kittens
having one's finger on the pulse

Literary usage of Havildars

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on the Punjab Campaign, 1848-49: Including Some Additions to by James Henry Lawrence-Archer (1878)
"69th Regiment of Native Infantry—1 havildar, 3 rank and file, killed; 2 European officers, 8 havildars, 2 drummers, 51 rank and file, wounded. ..."

2. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1805)
"Wounded—3 havildars, 1 naik, 8 sepoys.—Total killed and wounded ... Killed—2 havildars, 4 sepoys.— Wounded—2 lieutenants, l havildar, 1 naik, ..."

3. The War in India: Despatches of by Viscount Henry Hardinge Hardinge, Viscount Hugh Gough Gough, Sir Harry George Wakelyn Smith (1846)
"3 European officers, 2 native officers, 4 havildars, 1 trumpeter, 78 rank and file, 9 officers' chargers, 163 regimental horses—killed ; 9 European officers ..."

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