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‖ pultun E. Ind.|ˈpʌltʌn|
Also pultan, -on, -oon.
[Hindī palṭan, ad. Tamil and Telugu paṭālan, ad. Eng. battalion (the Eng. word having been first adopted in Southern India).]
A regiment of infantry in India.
1800Wellington in Gurw. Desp. (1834) I. 21*, I..shall probably destroy some campoos and pultans, which have been indiscreetly pushed across the Kistna. 1883Q. Rev. Apr. 294 Campos and pultuns (battalions) under European adventurers. 1895B. M. Croker Village Tales (1896) 60, I know lots of Sahibs in a pultoon (i.e. regiment) at Bareilly. |