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.”
Word of the Day - Ergatocracy (noun) ur-gat-ok-ra-see Government by the workers.
