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havildars

n. (plural of havildar English)

Usage examples of "havildars".

They were all driven along without any attempt at order, the havildars using their whips unsparingly upon them whenever they showed signs of flagging.

Negoro, the Arab dealers and their havildars all helped to swell the numbers, the queen having given express orders that no one who had been at the lakoni should leave the town, and it was not deemed prudent to disobey her commands.

A murmur ran through the watching sixteen companies, but the jemadars and havildars shouted and the sullen murmur ceased.