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/ˈhavɪldɑː/ · noun
(South Asia) An noncommissioned officer rank in parts of India, later a specific military rank of the British Indian Army and of the modern armies of India and Pakistan, equivalent to sergeant..
‘There was a great fight,’ said the Havildar, ‘and of us no man escaped unhurt.’
On being congratulated by the Russian, the Gurkha havildar, or sergeant, whispered anxiously to Younghusband that he should inform the towering Gromchevsky that they were unusually small and that most Gurkhas were even taller than he was.
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Havildar means (South Asia) An noncommissioned officer rank in parts of India, later a specific military rank of the British Indian Army and of the modern armies of India and Pakistan, equivalent to sergeant..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
‘There was a great fight,’ said the Havildar, ‘and of us no man escaped unhurt.’
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