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Definition of Subedars
1. subedar [n] - See also: subedar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subedars
Literary usage of Subedars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mysore and Coorg, a gazetteer by Benjamin Lewis Rice (1878)
"The subedars shall take cognizance of all suits arising within their respective
... In trying and determining suits, the subedars shall be assisted by the ..."
2. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1847)
"was 1340, and in 1844-5 the number was 1583 ; in the former year, 78 subedars or
Native captains, in the latter 126; the average period of service before ..."
3. Memoirs and Correspondence of Major-General Sir William Nott by William Nott, Joachim Hayward Stocqueler (1854)
"I had received instructions from the brigadier to increase the number of infantry,
if I thought it necessary. I did so, with a subedars party, consisting of ..."
4. The Indian Forester (1901)
"was referred to the subedars for their opinion, which has, " perhaps, not yet
been received." " I much regret to state that the Forest Law, ..."