sepoy
英 ['siːpɒɪ; sɪ'pɒɪ]
- n. （旧时英国军队中的）印度兵
英文词源
- sepoy (n.)
- "native of India in British military service," 1717, from Portuguese sipae, from Urdu sipahi, from Persian sipahi "soldier, horseman," from sipah "army." The Sepoy Mutiny was 1857-8.