Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
risaldar .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mil.) In the Anglo-Indian army, a native commander of a ressala.
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- noun The native
captain of an Indian cavalryregiment .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Fatteh Khan, as ressaldar, was the senior officer in camp, and at once gave the order for every man to boot and saddle and get to horse at once.
The Story of the Guides G. J. Younghusband
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Rasul Khan was a brother of that same ressaldar Fatteh Khan, who only the month before with a handful of the Guides 'cavalry had scattered as chaff before the wind the flower of Diwan Mulraj's horsemen, and chased them into the gates of Mooltan.
The Story of the Guides G. J. Younghusband
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Fifteen of the enemy were shot down by the party, and the captain returned with a sword and a Minie carbine, of which he had relieved a ressaldar of the 8th
Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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God, "as the ressaldar-major piously remarked, the night was very cold,
The Story of the Guides G. J. Younghusband
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"He cut down the ressaldar who commanded the Sepoys, and was in the thick of it.
Rujub, the Juggler 1867
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