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  • noun Alternative spelling of subadar.

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Examples

  • How long will it take you to make subedar, * (* Native officer.) or havildar even, in your present situation?

    Fiancée 2010

  • Besides this one subedar namely Kashmir Singh sustained injures.

    2 militants, army Major killed in encounter in Kashmir 2009

  • My subedar will have the palace gate, so you'll be clear there.

    Flashman And The Mountain Of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990

  • We laid hold on the palki and shouldered our way through the mob to the gateway, where a Muslim subedar* (* Senior subaltern.) barred our way and stooped to question our passenger.

    Flashman And The Mountain Of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990

  • He had the red and white shoulder flashes of the TRI, and the two pips of a subedar or first lieutenant.

    A Rude Awakening Aldiss, Brian 1978

  • How long will it take you to make subedar, * (* Native officer.) or havildar even, in your present situation?

    Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975

  • How long will it take you to make subedar, * (* Native officer.) or havildar even, in your present situation?

    Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975

  • Seeing that the entrenchments were not to be carried in front, a subedar with thirty sepoys and the bugis-guard were ordered to endeavour to pass the swamp on the right, find out a pathway, and attack the enemy on the flank and rear, while the remainder should, on a preconcerted signal, make an attack on the front at the same time.

    The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795

  • The police, in its preliminary probe, have alleged that Major Opinder and his team members including two subedar majors and a sepoy allegedly entered into a criminal conspiracy with locals of Rafiabad including a jawan of Territorial Army -- Abbas Shah -- and kidnapped three youths on the pretext of providing them job, official sources said.

    rediff.com 2010

  • The police, in its preliminary probe, have alleged that Major Opinder and his team members including two subedar majors and a sepoy allegedly entered into a criminal conspiracy with locals of Rafiabad including a jawan of Territorial Army -- Abbas Shah -- and kidnapped three youths on the pretext of providing them job, official sources said.

    rediff.com 2010

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