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What is a sepoy?

What is a sepoy? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (historical) A native soldier of the East Indies, employed in the service of a European colonial power, notably the British India army (first under the British-chartered East India Company, later in the crown colony), but also France and Portugal.
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We were called away to help at Miapore, where a sepoy regiment mutinied.
I inquired, with an eagerness which seemed to amuse the sepoy.
Pandey was ambitious and viewed his profession as a sepoy as a stepping-stone to future success.
The author claimed the soldier was an ordinary sepoy who, under the influence of bhang, committed a reckless act for which he was hanged.
From the tone in which the sepoy spoke, I thought he was in earnest.
Now and then a white-bearded old sepoy may still be found, who loves to talk of Porto Novo and Pollilore.

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