bargir (English, noun)
expansion: bargir (plural bargirs)
Senses:
glosses: A trooper of irregular cavalry who is (unlike a silladar) not the owner of his troop horse and arms, but either is put in by another person, perhaps a native officer in the regiment who takes part of his pay, or has his horse from the state he serves.
tags: India
historical
Forms:
form: bargirs
tags: plural
form: bargeer
tags: alternative