subedar
subedar is the alternative spelling of subadar.
Meaning of subadar
Noun
subadar (plural subadars)
- The governor or commander in charge of a subah; a viceroy.
- Hindostan was then parcelled out into twelve grand divisions, called soobahs, to each of which a viceroy was assigned, by the title of Soobahdar, corruptly written Soobah by European writers; for, soobah signifies province: many of these soobahs were in extent equal to large European kingdoms.1806, [Thomas Maurice], Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations Relative to the Antient Geographical Divisions, […] of Hindostan: […] , volume I. Containing the Dissertation on the Antient Geographical...
- An Indian officer in the British Indian Army, of a rank equivalent to captain.
- Also in his favour were his family's connections, the most notable of which consisted of an uncle who had risen to the rank of subedar in the East India Company's army […]2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 31
- A noncommissioned officer rank in the armies of India and Pakistan.
Forms of subedar
| plural | subedars |
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Words formed from subedar
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- Subedar is the alternative spelling of subadar.
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