subadar

subadar
/sooh'beuh dahr"/, n. (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, subahdar.
[1665-75; < Urdu < Pers, equiv. to suba province + dar holding, holder]

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