cipaye

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English sepoy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.paj/
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Noun

cipaye m (plural cipayes)

  1. a native Indian infantry soldier in a French colonial regiment prior to 1898, when they were disbanded and replaced by a locally recruited gendarmerie. Cipayes were the French equivalent of the Indian sepoys in British service

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