A native soldier of the East Indies, employed in the service of a Europeancolonial power, notably the BritishIndia army (first under the British-chartered East India Company, later in the crown colony), but also France and Portugal.
Origin
From Portuguese sipae, from Urdu سپاہی/Hindi सिपाही, from Persian سپاهی ("soldier, horseman"), from سپاه. spahi.
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