Sirdar

I called Sirdar to let him know as he was in the building next to the home show.

Colours of Dawn 2009

*The Three-Year Sweater is also known as Sirdar #8336.

I do SO knit! « knitnut.net 2008

It is a hazardous thing to say, but I am almost inclined to believe that the Sirdar is the only general that has fought a campaign for £300,000 less than he originally promised to do it.

Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z Various

This time there was no 'Sirdar', and no wine, but at least he was offered a chair.

The Songs of Distant Earth Clarke, Arthur C. 1986

The 'Sirdar's luck' became almost proverbial in the Soudan.

The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan Winston S. Churchill 1919

He also understood that though Meller-Zakomélsky was the commanding officer, he had not as much influence as his subordinate Vorontsóv; and that Vorontsóv was important and Meller-Zakomélsky unimportant; and therefore, when Meller-Zakomélsky sent for him and began to question him, Hadji Murád bore himself proudly and ceremoniously, saying that he had come from the mountains to serve the White Tsar, and would give account only to his Sirdar, meaning the commander-in-chief, Prince Vorontsóv, in Tiflis.

Hadji Murad 1904

"Sirdar," he said, "you are the commander of matters of war, which this is.

Caste William Alexander Fraser 1896

"Sirdar," he said, "never call me Nana Sahib again.

Caste William Alexander Fraser 1896

"Sirdar," he chuckled, "I've given that posing Rajput a poem to commit to memory.

Caste William Alexander Fraser 1896

I started this cardigan (Sirdar leaflet 1752 for Snuggly Baby Bamboo DK) for A just after Xmas.

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