(India, historical) A member of a troop of irregular cavalry.
(India, historical) A member of a troop of irregular cavalry.
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(India, historical) A trooper of irregular cavalry who is (unlike a silladar) not the owner of his troop horse and arms, but either is put in by another person, perhaps a native officer in the regiment who takes part of his pay, or has his horse from the state he serves.
(historical) A native captain in an Indian cavalry regiment of the British Army.
(historical, India) A soldier on horseback, especially one during the British Raj.
(India) A junior officer in a cavalry or armored regiment.
(India, historical) A servant who leads a horse.