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sowars

sowars is the plural of sowar.

Meaning of sowar

Noun

sowar (plural sowars)

  1. (India, historical) A soldier on horseback, especially one during the British Raj.
    • I have been laboring under the impression that, for soul-harrowing vocal effort, the wild-eyed sowars of Khorassan, as exemplified in my escort from Beerjand, were entitled to the worst execrations of a discriminating Ferenghi, but the Afghans can go them one better.1887, Thomas Stevens, chapter XII, in Around the World on a Bicycle, Vol. II: From Teheran to Yokohama, London: Sampson Low […]

Phrases with sowars

Questions about sowars

What is sowars the plural of?
Sowars is the plural of sowar.

Words near sowars in the dictionary

  1. Sowards
  2. sowarree
  3. sowarrees
  4. sowarries
  5. sowarry
  6. sowars
  7. Sowas
  8. sowback
  9. sowbacks
  10. sowbane
  11. sowbellies

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