1763 in Jas. Long (1869) 290 Captains who command the Sepoy batallions.
1772 159 E'en wed a Seapoy chief and mend the breed.
1820 8 38 And guard with Sepoy band the peaceful vale.
1844 J. H. Stocqueler 102 The fall of a European officer was invariably the signal for sepoy-faltering.