sebundin.
/sɪˈbʌndi/ A class of irregular soldiers in the Indian army chiefly employed in police and revenue duties and on local government service; also a member of this class.
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1782 E. Burke Speech Nabob Arcot's Debts App. iv, in Wks. (1792) II. 536 One considerable charge upon the nabob's country was for extraordinary sibbendies, sepoys, and horsemen, who appeared to us to be an unnecessary incumbrance on the revenue.
1784 Report in Carmichael Vizagapatam 209 Sibbandy & Pike [= pâik] peons for the forts and hilly countries.
1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) II. 171 In times of war the sebundy of the country are hired and paid.
a1821 R. Lindsay Anecd. Ind. Life (1840) 19 (note) Here I found him in the command of a regiment of Sebundees, or native militia.
1823 J. Malcolm Mem. Central India I. 326 In all these services Ameer Khan and his followers were employed as Sebundy, or local militia.
1858 J. B. Norton Topics for Indian Statesmen 168 An addition to the armed sebundies of Vizagapatam was necessary to this end, and it was proposed to locate a body of this force..in the very considerable town of Jeypoor.
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