sepoy

英 ['siːpɒɪ; sɪ'pɒɪ]
  • n. (旧时英国军队中的)印度兵

英文词源


sepoy (n.)
"native of India in British military service," 1717, from Portuguese sipae, from Urdu sipahi, from Persian sipahi "soldier, horseman," from sipah "army." The Sepoy Mutiny was 1857-8.

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