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Sirdar

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Noun

1. sirdar

an important person in India

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Sirdar

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noun
1. 
a general or military leader in Pakistan and India
2. 
(formerly) the title of the British commander in chief of the Egyptian Army
3.  a variant spelling of sardar

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Sirdar

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noun
1. 
in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan,
a. 
a chief or noble
b. 
a high military officer
2. 
in India, a person, esp. a Sikh, holding an important position
3. 
any Sikh man

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Sirdar

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n.
1. A person of high rank, especially in India.
2. The rank held in the Egyptian army by the British commander-in-chief in Egypt between 1883 and 1899 during the period of British occupation of Egypt.

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