Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Originally, a lord of a subah or province; hence, a local commandant or chief officer.
- noun The chief native officer of a company of sepoys.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun India A viceroy; a governor of a subah; also, a native captain in the British native army.
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- noun Alternative form of
subadar .
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Examples
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The subahdar is a very fierce man; very zabburdasti {masterful}.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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‘The sahib will give the order!’ the subahdar panted.
Burmese Days 2002
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The subahdar had also emerged, ten or fifteen sepoys, and a Burmese
Burmese Days 2002
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It was the Military Police subahdar, a Rajput, very fat, moustachioed, with his pagri gone.
Burmese Days 2002
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‘Christ, what God-forsaken swine!’ he was often heard to mutter as he moved down the ranks inspecting, with the old subahdar carrying his sword behind him.
Burmese Days 2002
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A subahdar {equivalent to colonel of infantry} of Manik Chand's force was at present on board one of the sloops, to superintend the work of scuttling.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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The man in the bows of the sloop looked amazedly at the new subahdar.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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The signal for the scuttling of the vessels was to be the waving of a green flag by the subahdar; this was to be repeated by Hubbo, then by the serang on the sloop above him, and so on to the end.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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The subahdar was on the sloop farthest down the river, Hubbo on the next.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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Desmond sprang up through the hatchway; it was clapped down and firmly secured, and the subahdar with two-thirds of his crew was a prisoner in the hold.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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