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Havildar

//ˈhævɪldɑɹ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An noncommissioned officer rank in parts of India, later a specific military rank of the British Indian Army and of the modern armies of India and Pakistan, equivalent to sergeant. South-Asia

    "‘There was a great fight,’ said the Havildar, ‘and of us no man escaped unhurt.’"

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani حوالدار (ḥavāldār) / हविलदार (havildār), from Persian حوالدار (havâldâr), from Arabic حَوَالَة (ḥawāla, “charge”) + Persian دار (dâr, “holder”).

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