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Purdesee
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Noun
en India historical archaic In the Bombay army, a sepoy from northern India.
en 1875 Sketch of the Medical History of the Native Army of Bombay 154 The diet of the Christian and Jew privates is but little richer than that of their Brahmin and Purdesee comrades; but the men are more robust-looking, and are certainly less frequently inmates of the hospital.
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