Difference between revisions of "Seeboy"
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* '''sippah:''' (''Turkish'')an obsolete word for ''soldier'', believed to be the source of the English word ''sepoy'' → [[Page_366|FW 366.23]] [[sippahsedly]] | * '''sippah:''' (''Turkish'')an obsolete word for ''soldier'', believed to be the source of the English word ''sepoy'' → [[Page_366|FW 366.23]] [[sippahsedly]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:44, 30 June 2012
- sepoy: an Indian soldier in European service → Napoleon referred to Wellington as "a general of sepoys" → the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857
- see boy
- sippah: (Turkish)an obsolete word for soldier, believed to be the source of the English word sepoy → FW 366.23 sippahsedly