Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Originally, a lord of a subah or province; hence, a local commandant or chief officer.
- n. The chief native officer of a company of sepoys.
Wiktionary
- n. Alternative form of subadar.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. India A viceroy; a governor of a subah; also, a native captain in the British native army.
Examples
“The subahdar is a very fierce man; very zabburdasti {masterful}.”
“‘The sahib will give the order!’ the subahdar panted.”
“‘Christ, what God-forsaken swine!’ he was often heard to mutter as he moved down the ranks inspecting, with the old subahdar carrying his sword behind him.”
“The subahdar had also emerged, ten or fifteen sepoys, and a Burmese”
“It was the Military Police subahdar, a Rajput, very fat, moustachioed, with his pagri gone.”
“The subahdar was on the sloop farthest down the river, Hubbo on the next.”
“Desmond sprang up through the hatchway; it was clapped down and firmly secured, and the subahdar with two-thirds of his crew was a prisoner in the hold.”
“A subahdar {equivalent to colonel of infantry} of Manik Chand's force was at present on board one of the sloops, to superintend the work of scuttling.”
“The man in the bows of the sloop looked amazedly at the new subahdar.”
“The signal for the scuttling of the vessels was to be the waving of a green flag by the subahdar; this was to be repeated by Hubbo, then by the serang on the sloop above him, and so on to the end.”
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