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syce

  [sahys] ,
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–noun
(in India) a groom; stable attendant.
Also, saice, sice.

Origin:
1645–55; < Urdu sā'is < Ar
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syce   (sīs)   
n.  A stableman or groom, especially in India.

[Hindi sā'is, from Arabic, active participle of sāsa, to tend, manage, perhaps denominative from *sūs, horse, Hebrew sûs.]
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