💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Purdesee"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| sepoynoun | (historical, military) A native soldier of the East Indies, employed in the service of a European colonial power, notably the British India army (first under the British-chartered East India Company, later in the crown colony), but also France and Portugal. |
| jacknoun | A coarse medieval coat of defence, especially one made of leather. |
| sewarnoun | (India, historical) A native trooper. |
| sebundynoun | (historical) A native soldier or local militiaman in India. |
| purvoenoun | (India, obsolete) A Hindu clerk. |
| puramnoun | An Indian festival of the goddess Durga, celebrated in March, most notably in the village Pathamkulam in Kerala. |
| parbuttynoun | (India, historical) A subordinate village officer in parts of the Madras presidency. |
| sebundeenoun | Alternative form of sebundy. [(historical) A native soldier or local militiaman in India.] |
| pulindanoun | One of an ancient tribe of India. |
| subadarnoun | A surname from India of Indian origin. |
| pagrinoun | (India) A headdress worn by men in India, comprising a several-metre-long band of fabric wound around the head. |
| peshcushnoun | (India, obsolete) An offering or tribute. |
| burkundaznoun | (India, now historical) An armed guard or watchman. |
| pindarinoun | (historical) A member of a band of Muslim plunderers and foragers in the Indian subcontinent from the 17th to the 19th century. |
| sowarnoun | (historical, India) A soldier on horseback, especially one during the British Raj. |
| purohitnoun | (India) A family priest. |
| subahnoun | (India, historical) A province of the Mughal Empire. |
| paradesi jewnoun | One of the descendants of the Sephardic immigrants to South Asia (where they mostly settled in Cochin and Madras) fleeing persecution in Spain. |
| puttunnoun | (India, archaic) A regiment. |
| cambaynoun | (historical) A princely state during the British Raj in India. |
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