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| sub·ad·ar [ sbə dr ] (plural sub·ad·ars) or sub·ah·dar [ sbə dr ] (plural sub·ah·dars) |
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Indian military officer: in the former British Indian army, the chief Indian officer in a company of Indian soldiers
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| [Late 17th century. < Urdu, Persian ṣūbahdār< ṣūbah "Mughal province" + Persian -dār "holder"] |
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