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SOWAR (Hind. and Pers. suwar, a horseman)

SOWAR (See also:
HIND
Hind. and Pers. suwar, a horseman) , the name in Anglo-See also:

INDIAN

Indian usage for a See also:

HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse-soldier belonging to the See also:

CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry troops of the native armies of See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

India and the feudatory states . It is also used more specifically of a mounted orderly, escort or guard .

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