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campoo Anglo-Ind.|kæmˈpuː|
Rarely campo.
[app. ad. Pg. campo camp.]
‘Used for ‘a camp’, but formerly specifically applied to the partially disciplined brigades under European commanders in the Mahratta service’ (Yule).
1803Wellington in Grant Hist. India I. lxx. 368/1 Their infantry, of which there were three campoos, fought well. ― Let. in Gurw. Disp. II. 390 Two battalions of the Begum's Campoo escaped. 1883Q. Rev. Apr. 294 (Y.) Campos and pultuns (battalions) under European adventurers. |