Word of the Day – Subadar

Subadar (noun)

soo-ba-dahr

a provincial governor of the Mogul empire. / the chief Indian officer of a company of troops in the British Indian Army.

First recorded in 1665–75; from Urdu, from Persian, equivalent to ṣūba “province” + dār “holding, holder”

Example sentences

“The subadar has made a ruling.”