sepoy
Kelime Anlamı :

1. Hintli asker.
2. İngiliz ordusuna mensup Hintli asker.
Tanımlar :
1. an indigenous soldier serving in the army of a foreign conqueror, especially an indian soldier serving under british command in india.
2. the lowest enlisted rank in the british indian army and its successors, equivalent to private.
3. one holding this rank.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. A native soldier of the east indies, employed in the service of a european colonial power, notably the british india army (first under the british-chartered east india company, later in the crown colony), but also france and portugal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. A native of india employed as a soldier in the service of a european power, esp. of great britain; an oriental soldier disciplined in the european manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. in india, a native soldier disciplined and uniformed according to european regulations; especially, a native soldier of the british army in india. the officers of sepoys have usually been european, and those of the higher ranks are exclusively so.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia