sepoy

英 ['siːpɒɪ; sɪ'pɒɪ]
  • n. （旧时英国军队中的）印度兵
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英文词源

sepoy (n.)
"native of India in British military service," 1717, from Portuguese sipae, from Urdu sipahi, from Persian sipahi "soldier, horseman," from sipah "army." The Sepoy Mutiny was 1857-8.