subadar

plural subadars · alternative soubadar · alternative soubedar · alternative subahdar · alternative subedar · alternative subidar

1. South AsiahistoricalThe governor or commander in charge of a subah; a viceroy.First known use 17th c.

   Hindostan was then parcelled out into twelve grand divisions, called soobahs, to each of which a viceroy was assigned, by the title of Soobahdar, corruptly written Soobah by European writers; for, soobah signifies province: many of these soobahs were in extent equal to large European kingdoms.

   1806, [Thomas Maurice], Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations Relative to the Antient Geographical Divisions, […] of Hindostan: […] , volume I. Containing the Dissertation on the Antient Geographical Divisions of Hindostan, London: Printed […] by C. & W. Galabin […] and sold by John White […] , pages 231–232

2. historicalAn Indian officer in the British Indian Army, of a rank equivalent to captain.First known use 18th c.

   Also in his favour were his family's connections, the most notable of which consisted of an uncle who had risen to the rank of subedar in the East India Company's army […]

   2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 31

3. IndiaNepalPakistanA noncommissioned officer rank in the armies of India and Pakistan.

1. A surname from India of Indian origin.