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Definition of Spahi
1. n. Formerly, one of the Turkish cavalry.
Definition of Spahi
1. Noun. (history) An Ottoman (Turkish empire) cavalryman, especially as recruited under a land-based system. ¹
2. Noun. (history) A soldier in a mainly Arab-recruited cavalry (originally horse, later light armored) regiment in French colonial service in (former/ in name still) Ottoman North African provinces ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spahi
1. a Turkish cavalryman [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spahi
Literary usage of Spahi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Foreign Quarterly Review by Theodore Foster (1842)
"Both the spahi and their vassals were kept in subjection to the Porte by the
pashas, who were removable at pleasure, in order to obviate the evil which ..."
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