sepoy

英 ['siːpɒɪ; sɪ'pɒɪ]

最后更新时间：2025-06-08

sepoy (n.): "native of India in British military service," 1717, from Portuguese sipae, from Urdu sipahi, from Persian sipahi "soldier, horseman," from sipah "army." The Sepoy Mutiny was 1857-8.