Purdesee

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noun

In the Bombay army, a sepoy from northern India.

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nounPurdesee (plural Purdesees)

plural Purdesees

  1. IndiaarchaichistoricalIn the Bombay army, a sepoy from northern India.

    The diet of the Christian and Jew privates is but little richer than that of their Brahmin and Purdesee comrades; but the men are more robust-looking, and are certainly less frequently inmates of the hospital.

    1875, Sketch of the Medical History of the Native Army of Bombay, page 154
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