sirdar

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A high-ranking person in India and other areas of west-central Asia; a chief, a headman.

   “Pottinger’s guide, who turned out to be married to the daughter of the Sirdar, or headman, insisted on entering the village first, explaining that it was customary with strangers in this dangerous region.”

2. isim A rank assigned to the commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Army during the British occupation of Egypt.

   “Sir Reginald, as Sirdar of the Egyptian Army, had been put in command of the British military side of the Arab adventure in place of Sir Henry McMahon”

3. isim The leader of a group of Sherpa mountain guides.