spahi

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An Ottoman (Turkish empire) cavalryman, especially as recruited under a land-based system
A soldier in a mainly Arab-recruited cavalry (originally horse, later light armored) regiment in French colonial service in (former/ in name still) Ottoman North African provinces
Formerly, one of the Turkish cavalry
an Ottoman Turkish cavalryman
An Algerian cavalryman in the French army
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    () From French spahi, from Turkish sipahi, from Persian سپاهی (sepâhi) ‘horseman, soldier’ (> English sepoy), from سپاه (sepâh) ‘army’.