sub adar

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su⋅ba⋅dar

[soo-buh-dahr]

–noun (formerly, in India)

1.	a provincial governor of the Mogul empire.

2.	the chief native officer of a company of native troops in the British Indian Service.

Also, su⋅bah⋅dar.

Origin:
1665–75; < Urdu < Pers, equiv. to ṣūba province + dār holding, holder

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subadar

deputy ruler, or viceroy, under the Mughal rule of India. The title was later adopted by the independent rulers of Bengal, Oudh, and Arcot.

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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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