Sepoy is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Sepoy meaning
- 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.
- The holder of an infantry enlisted rank equivalent to private in other countries.
Using Sepoy
- The main meaning on this page is: 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. | The holder of an infantry enlisted rank equivalent to private in other countries.
- In the example corpus, sepoy often appears in combinations such as: the sepoy, sepoy mutiny.
Context around Sepoy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sepoy
- In this selection, "sepoy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 1857, firing, army, mutiny, jonota and reportedly stand out and add context to how "sepoy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a sepoy does not and an army sepoy reportedly attempted. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sepoy" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sepoy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A sepoy does not wear any rank insignia on his uniform. (11 words)
Convoys carrying the slogan chanting and arms firing sepoy-jonota were advancing towards Bangabhaban. (14 words)
Prateek is now serving in the Army as a Sepoy and is posted in Patiala, Punjab. (16 words)
As some Chinese soldiers began to close in, Sepoy Kewal Singh charged them with his bayonet and killed a few of them in hand-to-hand combat, but he himself was killed. (32 words)
Their royal patronage waned as the territory under the East India Company grew, but it wasn’t until the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny that the institution was eroded. (27 words)
Those killed included Brigadier Zahoor Ahmed, Naik Ajmal, Sepoy Rashid and PTV cameraman Muhammad Farooq, while President's Media Advisor Maj Gen (R) Rashid Qureshi sustained injuries. (27 words)
Example sentences (11)
Historians accuse the Scindia dynasty of joining hands with the British to scuttle the sepoy mutiny which started on May 10 in 1857.
Convoys carrying the slogan chanting and arms firing sepoy-jonota were advancing towards Bangabhaban.
Their royal patronage waned as the territory under the East India Company grew, but it wasn’t until the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny that the institution was eroded.
Hyderabad: In yet another shameful incident, an Army sepoy reportedly attempted to rape a 19-year-old girl.
Prateek is now serving in the Army as a Sepoy and is posted in Patiala, Punjab.
A sepoy does not wear any rank insignia on his uniform.
As some Chinese soldiers began to close in, Sepoy Kewal Singh charged them with his bayonet and killed a few of them in hand-to-hand combat, but he himself was killed.
Sepoy Piara Singh tried to douse the fire while fighting the enemy, but died after he was wounded and refused to be evacuated.
Tenniels' Punch cartoons of the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny led to a surge in the magazine's popularity.
The Sepoy Rebellion in India in 1857-58 and the demise of the British East India Company's rule prevented immediate British action.
Those killed included Brigadier Zahoor Ahmed, Naik Ajmal, Sepoy Rashid and PTV cameraman Muhammad Farooq, while President's Media Advisor Maj Gen (R) Rashid Qureshi sustained injuries.
Common combinations with sepoy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: