Sepoy, corrupted from the Persian sipahi, 'a soldier,' denotes a native Hindu soldier as distinguished from a European (white) soldier (gora).
Sepoy
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 317
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Sepoy, corrupted from the Persian sipahi, 'a soldier,' denotes a native Hindu soldier as distinguished from a European (white) soldier (gora).