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havildars

havildars is the plural 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

Questions about havildars

What is havildars the plural of?
Havildars is the plural of havildar.

Words near havildars in the dictionary

  1. Haviland
  2. Havilands
  3. havildah
  4. havildahs
  5. havildar
  6. havildars
  7. havin'
  8. having
  9. having a bad time of it
  10. having a ball
  11. having a bath

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