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- noun Plural form of
sepoy .
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Examples
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Angry Pakistanis are accusing their armed forces of having been rented to the United States as 'sepoys' -- the native troops of the old British Indian Raj.
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Angry Pakistanis are accusing their armed forces of having been rented to the United States as 'sepoys' -- the native troops of the old British Indian Raj.
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Angry Pakistanis are accusing their armed forces of having been rented to the United States as 'sepoys' -- the native troops of the old British Indian Raj.
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The sepoys were the tools of the men behind the movement; and the men behind were priests and others who were feeling nothing but their own ambition.
Rung Ho Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1914
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Such troops, commanded by white officers, were called "sepoys" in the British Indian Army and "askaris" in British East Africa.
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When the "sepoys" rose against the British in what is touted as India's first war of Independence in 1857 under the leadership of the ageing Mughal Ruler Bahadur Shah the Punjabis sided with the British and turned the tide of what was becoming a sure defeat for the British.
Why are South Indians so smart? Steve Sailer 2002
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He conceived the idea of augmenting his slender garrisons of Europeans with "sepoys," or carefully drilled natives, and fortified his capital, Pondicherry, as if for war.
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923
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Demands for independence in India began as early as 1857, when Indian soldiers ( "sepoys") acquired new cartridge-based rifles.
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Inevitable demands for independence in India began as early as 1857, when Indian soldiers ( "sepoys") acquired new cartridge-based rifles.
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Such troops, commanded by white officers, were called "sepoys" in the British Indian Army and "askaris" in British East Africa.
Edmonton Sun 2009
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