sepoy in English

noun
1
an Indian soldier serving under British or other European orders.
The only need was for military labour, but even here local soldiers, especially Indian sepoys , were cheap and abundant.

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1. The top half of the sepoy had vanished.

2. From the edge of one of these clearings Chloe suddenly flushed a sepoy.

3. The sepoy was no phantasm ... on the contrary, he looked more consistent than ever.

4. The survivors scrambled back to the sepoy lines pursued by a vengeful squadron of Sikh cavalry. Sentencedict.com

5. There was a crack, but no sepoy dropped dead; the percussion cap had fired but not the pistol.

6. Sir Francis was a tall, fair man of fifty, who had greatly distinguished himself in the last sepoy revolt.

7. Sir Fracis was a tall, fair man of fifty, who HAD greatly distinguished himself in the last sepoy revolt.

8. He also noticed several cannons being dragged into the sepoy camp by bullocks from the direction of the bridge of boats.

9. Another sepoy wept for his family: "Oh, I am dying without arranging for the future of my family. " He too lost faith in his survival and breathed his last.