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Purdesees

Purdesees is the plural of Purdesee.

Meaning of Purdesee

Noun

Purdesee (plural Purdesees)

  1. (India, archaic, historical) In the Bombay army, a sepoy from northern India.
    • The diet of the Christian and Jew privates is but little richer than that of their Brahmin and Purdesee comrades; but the men are more robust-looking, and are certainly less frequently inmates of the hospital.1875, Sketch of the Medical History of the Native Army of Bombay, page 154

Questions about Purdesees

What is Purdesees the plural of?
Purdesees is the plural of Purdesee.

Words near Purdesees in the dictionary

  1. purdahnashins
  2. purdahs
  3. purdas
  4. Purdeet
  5. Purdesee
  6. Purdesees
  7. Purdie
  8. Purdie shuffle
  9. Purdie shuffles
  10. purdier
  11. Purdies

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