silladarn.

Brit.

/ˈsɪlədɑː/, U.S.

/ˈsɪləˌdɑr/, Indian English /sɪləhˈðaːr/

Forms: Also silladari, sillahdari, silledar, sillahdar.

Etymology: < Urdu (Persian) silāhdār armour-bearer, squire < Arabic silāh arms, armour.

Anglo-Indian.

An irregular cavalryman who provides his own horse and arms; often used attributively.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > irregular

silladar1802

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rough-rider1877

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1802 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1844) I. 312 The horse are 2000 good,..and 1500 [of these are] silladar.

1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1844) I. 323 A body of silladar horse.

1813 J. Forbes Oriental Mem. III. xxxiv. 349 A silledar, or soldier of fortune.

1842 W. Miles tr. Hist. Hydur Naik 173 With only six thousand stable horse, nine thousand Sillahdars,..and six guns.

1931 E. Howell Mizh i. 9 The men were on a sillahdari basis.

1960 Ld. Ismay Mem. i. 7 The 21st Cavalry, like nearly all other Indian Cavalry regiments, was organised on what was known as the silladar system.

1974 P. Mason Matter of Honour i. 26 Until 1914 many regiments of cavalry were still silladāri—that is to say, the regiment was a kind of joint-stock company in which the trooper paid for his horse and equipment when he joined and sold them back when he left.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2022).

单词	silladar
释义	silladarn. Brit. /ˈsɪlədɑː/, U.S. /ˈsɪləˌdɑr/, Indian English /sɪləhˈðaːr/ Forms: Also silladari, sillahdari, silledar, sillahdar. Etymology: < Urdu (Persian) silāhdār armour-bearer, squire < Arabic silāh arms, armour. Anglo-Indian. An irregular cavalryman who provides his own horse and arms; often used attributively. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > irregular silladar1802 sowar1802 rough1853 rough-rider1877 rougher1901 1802 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1844) I. 312 The horse are 2000 good,..and 1500 [of these are] silladar. 1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1844) I. 323 A body of silladar horse. 1813 J. Forbes Oriental Mem. III. xxxiv. 349 A silledar, or soldier of fortune. 1842 W. Miles tr. Hist. Hydur Naik 173 With only six thousand stable horse, nine thousand Sillahdars,..and six guns. 1931 E. Howell Mizh i. 9 The men were on a sillahdari basis. 1960 Ld. Ismay Mem. i. 7 The 21st Cavalry, like nearly all other Indian Cavalry regiments, was organised on what was known as the silladar system. 1974 P. Mason Matter of Honour i. 26 Until 1914 many regiments of cavalry were still silladāri—that is to say, the regiment was a kind of joint-stock company in which the trooper paid for his horse and equipment when he joined and sold them back when he left. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2022). < n.1802
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