havildar

British  

/ ˈhævɪlˌdɑː /

noun

1. a noncommissioned officer in the Indian army, equivalent in rank to sergeant

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Etymology

Origin of havildar

C17: from Hindi, from Persian hawāldār one in charge

Example Sentences

The terrified policeman, anxious to get rid of him at all costs, told him that a havildar with a party who were looking for him, had just left.

From Life in an Indian Outpost by Casserly, Gordon

“I asked a wounded havildar who it was that led the column, and he told me the commander was a new arrival, a subadar of the 8th Irregular Cavalry, named Akhab Khan,” he said.

From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Tracy, Louis

For instance, the naïk, or corporal; the havildar, or serjeant:—even of the commissioned officers, the lowest are unavoidably native, on account of the native private.

From The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg by Hogg, James

I will tell the havildar to be on the lookout for you, when you come into camp, and to bring you straight to me.

From Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti by Paget, Walter

The soldiers pointed to a gate near the breach and, as soon as the men had again mounted, the havildar rode with them along the ditch, and made the necessary observations.

From At the Point of the Bayonet A Tale of the Mahratta War by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)