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Definition of Sepoy
1. n. A native of India employed as a soldier in the service of a European power, esp. of Great Britain; an Oriental soldier disciplined in the European manner.
Definition of Sepoy
1. Noun. A native soldier of the East Indies, employed in the service of a European colonial power, notably the British India army (first under the British chartered East India Company, later in the crown colony), but also France and Portugal. ¹
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Definition of Sepoy
1. a native of India serving in the British army [n -POYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sepoy
Literary usage of Sepoy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1856)
"JACK sepoy. WHAT cabalistic virtue lies iu the word Jack F We see a short, broad,
ugly sailor, in a state of beastly drunkenness, rolling about the street ..."
2. A Short History of England by Edward Potts Cheyney (1918)
"The sepoy Rebellion. — Many of the inhabitants of India were dissatisfied with
English rule, but it was not supposed that any widespread rebellious feeling ..."
3. A Short History of England by Edward Potts Cheyney (1904)
"The sepoy Rebellion. — Many of the inhabitants of India were dissatisfied with
English rule, but it was not supposed that any widespread rebellious feeling ..."
4. India Under British Rule: From the Foundation of the East India Company by James Talboys Wheeler (1886)
"sepoy army of Bengal: Brahmans anil Rajputs. § 4. Enfield cartridges: general
horror of pork: Hindu ... sepoy plots at Lahore and Mian Mir : quashed. §15. ..."
5. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"Patna Massacre, 1763- First sepoy mutiny,' 1764. ... A more formidable danger
appeared in the English camp, in the form of the first sepoy mutiny. ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"His chief work, 'History of the Indian Mutiny' (1878-80) commenced where the
second volume of Kaye's 'sepoy War' left off, and in 1890 there appeared a ..."
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