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havaldar

havaldar is the alternative form of havildar.

Meaning of havildar

Noun

havildar (plural havildars)

  1. (South-Asia) 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.
    • ‘There was a great fight,’ said the Havildar, ‘and of us no man escaped unhurt.’1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘At Howli Thana’, Black and White, Folio Society, published 2005, page 388

Forms of havaldar

pluralhavaldars

Questions about havaldar

What is havaldar the alternative form of?
Havaldar is the alternative form of havildar.

Words near havaldar in the dictionary

  1. havable
  2. havage
  3. havages
  4. Havaiki
  5. havala
  6. havaldar
  7. havaldars
  8. havaleh
  9. Havamal
  10. havan
  11. Havana

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