Word of the Day – Sepoy

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.”