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Arabic
British Military Terms and Soldier Slang
China and the Far East
East Africa
Egypt and the Sudan
French North Africa
India and the Northwest Frontier
South Africa
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naik |
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nappy wallach |
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| Natal Native Contingent | SA |
| Natal Native Horse | SA |
| nautch | India |
| Nazarani | Arabic |
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Negus |
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| nester | West |
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niangniang |
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| Nordenfeldt Gun | British |
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nullah |
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O |
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| oued | Arabic |
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old sweat |
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| ombeya | Egypt |
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on the cot |
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| on the dodge | West |
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on the peg |
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P |
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pa chi |
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paddy |
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pagoda |
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| paint | West |
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Pakhtunwali |
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palaver |
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| paltan | India |
| P. and O. | British |
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pani |
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pani wallah |
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| pannier | British |
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pasha |
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Pathan |
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| pepperbox | West |
| Per mare, per terram | British |
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pidgin |
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| piebald | West |
| pinto | West |
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piquet |
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pith helmet |
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| play possum | West |
| polecat | West |
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Pom or Pommie |
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pom-pom |
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pongelow |
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| poodle-faker | British |
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pop-wallah |
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poshteen |
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| prairie dog | West |
| pueblo | West |
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puggaree |
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puggarree |
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pukka |
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pukka sahib |
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| pulque | West |
| pundit | India |
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Punjab |
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| punk | British |
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punkah |
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punkah wallah |
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| purdah | India |
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pusher |
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Q |
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Qing |
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Queen's shilling |
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| quirt | West |
R |
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| ras | EA |
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rayya |
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| ratib | Egypt |
| rattlesnake | West |
| razzia | India |
| rekuba | Egypt |
| remuda | West |
| rinderpest | SA |
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rissaldar |
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rissaldar-major |
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| R.M.L.I. | British |
| road agent | West |
| rodeo | West |
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rooinek |
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rooky |
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roti |
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| roumi | French |
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ruga ruga |
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rupee |
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S |
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| safari | EA |
| sage brush | West |
| sahbak | Arabic |
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sahib |
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| salaam | Arabic |
| salaam aleikum | Arabic |
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sangar |
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| sangoma | SA |
| sawney | British |
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sayidan |
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| schutztruppen | EA |
| screw gun | India |
| señor | West |
| señora | West |
| señorita | West |
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sepoy |
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Sha, sha! |
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shabash |
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shako |
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| sharif, sherif | Arabic |
| shebba | Egypt |
| sheik | Arabic |
| sheshbesh | Arabic |
| shindig | West |
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ship of the desert |
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| Sidi (or Si) | Arabic |
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Sikh |
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silladar |
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siraral |
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| sirdar | Egypt |
| sirdar | India |
| Sirkar | India |
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skof |
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| sleeping sickness | British |
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slingers |
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| snotty | British |
| snuffy | West |
| sombrero | West |
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sowar |
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| spahis | French |
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spyglass |
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| steer | West |
| stetson | West |
| stoppages | British |
| string | West |
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subaltern |
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subedar |
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subedar-major |
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Sudan |
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| sultan | Arabic |
| suttee | India |
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swaddy |
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Swahili |
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Swatis |
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syce |
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T |
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Ta |
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tael |
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| taipan | China |
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taggia |
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| tamale | West |
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tarboosh |
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| tashmis | Arabic |
| tenderfoot | West |
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ten nai |
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| tequila | West |
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Thornhill’s Roughs |
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| Thug | India |
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Ticker |
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tiffen |
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| tiraillers | French |
| to fire into the brown | British |
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Tommy |
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| tonga | India |
| top khana | India |
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topee |
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| tortilla | West |
| toto | SA |
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trek |
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| tsetse fly | SA |
| tumbleweed | West |
| Turkiya | Egypt |
U |
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| udibi boys | SA |
|
uitlander |
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| umthakathi | SA |
| umutsha | SA |
V |
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| vapors | British |
| vaquero | West |
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VC |
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| vedettes | British |
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veld |
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veranda |
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Vierkleur |
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| vittles | West |
| vizier | Arabic |
| voorloper | SA |
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voyageurs |
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W |
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| Wa-Bangi | EA |
| wad | British |
| waddy | West |
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wadi |
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| wallah | Arabic |
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wallah |
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wallah |
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wang |
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| weli | Arabic |
| wet | British |
| wizard | British |
| wog | British |
X |
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xebec, zebec |
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Y |
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| yallah | Arabic |
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Yam Luo |
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yellow |
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| yellow fever | British |
| yellow jack | British |
| yucca | West |
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yung |
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Z |
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zamindar |
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zanj |
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Zanzibar |
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zar, zan, zamin |
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zariba |
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| zawiya | Arabic |
| zila | SA |
| zouave | French |
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Zulu |