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Definition of Jawans
1. jawan [n] - See also: jawan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jawans
Literary usage of Jawans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Capital (1888)
"The school does not exist for the sake of teachers, but for the students. The army
does not exist for the sake of jawans and officers, but for guarding the ..."
2. The Indian Borderland, 1880-1900 by Thomas Hungerford Holdich (1901)
"A keen and most energetic young subaltern of the 5th PI was at once despatched
with a picked company of " jawans" to outmanoeuvre the ambuscade, ..."
3. The Bombay Quarterly Review (1857)
"These jawans may be seen smoking their hookas under the trees, whilst the working
party, the "hard labour" gentlemen, are also seated in the shade, ..."
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