sirdar
IPA: sˈɝdɑr
noun
- A high-ranking person in India and other areas of west-central Asia; a chief, a headman.
- A rank assigned to the commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Army during the British occupation of Egypt.
- The leader of a group of Sherpa mountain guides.
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Examples of "sirdar" in Sentences
- Ragunath eventually bought some afterwards as he was a sirdar.
- Obviously we can use and explain the Sirdar title in the text.