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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In India, a kind of half-disciplined infantry soldiers under some of the native governments; also, at one time, a kind of militia under the British.
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A great many of the officers and sipahees of the King's nujeeb and other regiments are every month discharged for mutiny, insubordination, abuse of authority, or neglect of duty, or merely to make room for men more subservient to Court favourites, or because they cannot or will not pay the demanded gratuity to a new and useless commandant appointed by Court favour.
A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II William Sleeman 1822
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