SEPOY

an Indian soldier serving under British or other European orders

Sepoy (bigkas: sí·poy)

Ano ang ibig sabihin ng Sepoy?

Ang Sepoy ay katutubòng sundalo ng India na naglilingkod sa dayuhang hukbo, lalo na sa ilalim ng imperyong Britanya.

A sepoy was originally the designation given to an Indian infantryman armed with a musket in the armies of the Great Mogul. In the 18th century the French East India Company and its other European counterparts employed locally recruited soldiers within India, mainly consisting of infantry designated as “sepoys.”

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