Sepoy (noun)
see-poi
(formerly, in India) a soldier, usually an infantryman, in the service of Europeans, especially of the British.
First recorded in 1675–85, in sense “horseman”; 1710–20 for current sense; variant of sipahi from Urdu, from Persian sipāhī “horseman, soldier,” derivative of sipāh “army”; cf. spahi
Example sentences
“The saluting sepoy caught her eye.”
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