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Arabic
British Military Terms and Soldier Slang
China and the Far East
Egypt and the Sudan
East Africa
French North Africa
India and the Northwest Frontier
South Africa
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| aas vogels | SA |
| abd el | Arabic |
| abu | Arabic |
| adobe | West |
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afreet |
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| ague | British |
| ahadoo | Arabic |
| ahrar | French |
| ahtak | Arabic |
| ahu | Arabic |
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Afrikaans |
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Afrikanner |
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| ain | Arabic |
| a'krav | Arabic |
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akhond |
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| akkal | Arabic |
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amir, emir |
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ammunitions |
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angarka |
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| anna | India |
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ansar |
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arbab |
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| ardeb | Egypt |
| armadillo | West |
| arroyo | West |
| ashraf | Egypt |
| asida | Egypt |
| askari | EA |
| atwa | Arabic |
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aziba |
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| azu | Arabic |
B |
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| baba | Arabic |
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babu or baboo |
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badmash |
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| Baggara | Egypt |
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bahadur |
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| bakaratch | Arabic |
| baksheesh | Arabic |
| bandana | West |
| bandobast | India |
| baraka | Arabic |
| barra | India |
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barracoon |
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batta |
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bazaar |
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Bedouin |
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beef, beer, lust |
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| beer, bum, and bacca | British |
| beeves | West |
| beia | Egypt |
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Bengal Army |
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| Berber | Arabic |
| berg | SA |
| Bersaglieri | China |
| bhang | Arabic |
| biltong | SA |
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bimbashi |
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| biscuit | West |
| bish'aa | Arabic |
| black death | British |
| black water fever | British |
| black widow spider | West |
| bled | Arabic |
| blimey | British |
| blue jacket | British |
| blue norther | West |
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bobbajee |
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| bobcat | West |
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Boer |
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| bois d'arc | West |
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boma |
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Bombay Army |
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| BOR | British |
| brevet | British |
| brew | British |
| brolly | British |
| bronco | West |
| brown recluse spider | West |
| buckeroo | West |
| Bull Durham | West |
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bun strangler |
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| bundu | EA |
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bungalow |
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| bunkhouse | West |
| bushwhack | West |
| butte | West |
| buttonhead | West |
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bwana |
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C |
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| caballero | West |
| cafard | French |
| cangue | China |
| cantonments | India |
| caravan | British |
| casa | West |
| casbah | Arabic |
| cat, catted | French |
| catamount | West |
| catarrh | British |
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catty, catties |
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cha (or char) |
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| chandoo | China |
| chaps | West |
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cha wallah |
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chadar |
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chaplies |
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| char | British |
| charpoy | British |
| chasseur | French |
| chechia | French |
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chee-chee |
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| cheroot | British |
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chin-chin |
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chit |
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Chitrali |
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| cholera belt | British |
| choola | India |
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chop |
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chop-chop |
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| chota peg | British |
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chota wallah |
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| chuck | West |
| chuck wagon | West |
| cinch | West |
| cinematrograph | British |
| circuit judge | West |
| circuit rider | West |
| class regiment | British |
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clobber |
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| coal oil | West |
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college |
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| consumption | British |
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coolie |
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| copperhead | West |
| coral snake | West |
| corn pone | West |
| cottoneye | West |
| cottonmouth | West |
| cottonwood tree | West |
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courbash |
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| cowpuncher | West |
| croaker | British |
| coyote | West |
| curbash | Egypt |
| cushy | British |
| cutch, kutcha | India |
D |
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| d'abia | Arabic |
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dafadar |
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daisy-roots |
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| Dar el Islam | Arabic |
| dally | West |
| dekko | British |
| dem | Egypt |
| dengue fever | West |
| Dervishes | Egypt |
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dhobi |
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dhobi wallah |
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dhodie |
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dhoolie |
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dhoolie wallah |
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dhoti |
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dhow or dhou |
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| divan | Arabic |
| dixie | British |
| djinn | Arabic |
| djundi | Arabic |
| D. O. | British |
| doggo | British |
| dogie | West |
| don | West |
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donga |
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| donkey walloper | British |
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dorp |
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| doughnut | West |
| dragoman | Egypt |
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drift |
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| dry goods | West |
| dude | West |
| duenna | West |
| dugout | West |
| durra | Egypt |
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durwan |
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| dyspepsia | British |
E |
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| effendi | Egypt |
| ein | Arabic |
| enteric fever | British |
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ESA |
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ETA |
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EVA |
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F |
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| fan-qui | China |
| farda | Egypt |
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fakir |
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fellah |
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fellah |
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fellahin |
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felucca |
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ferinji |
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| fiesta | West |
| finjan | Arabic |
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firman |
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| Fishing Fleet | British |
| fonduk | Arabic |
| foot-pad | West |
| fossick | British |
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Franco-Chinese Corps |
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| Frontier Light Horse | SA |
| fuggaras | French |
| fundi | SA |
G |
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| galloper | British |
| gassi | Arabic |
| Gardner Gun | British |
| gatztatz | Arabic |
| gelding | West |
| gellabas | Egypt |
| General Services Enlistment Act | British |
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Ghazi |
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| ghi | India |
| gila monster | West |
| gobs | West |
| gom | Arabic |
| goolie | India |
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goralog |
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| goum | French |
| goumier | French |
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graft |
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| grass-widow | India |
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Great Game |
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Green-headed devils |
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| grey backs | West |
| grippe | British |
| grub-line riding | West |
| gully washer | West |
| gunslinger | West |
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Gurkha |
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H |
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| hacienda | West |
| hackamore | West |
| Haddendowa | Egypt |
| Hadj | Arabic |
| Hale's rockets | SA |
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hamattan |
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| hamdul'allah | Arabic |
| hams | Arabic |
| haq | Arabic |
| haramzadas | India |
| haratin | French |
| harem | Arabic |
| harka | French |
| hassi | Arabic |
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havelock |
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havildar |
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havildar major |
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| hazar | India |
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heliograph |
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| hizb | Arabic |
| hombre | West |
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hong |
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hongo |
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| hornswoggle | West |
| hot or cold | British |
| Howdah Gun | India |
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huangdi |
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hubshi |
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huzoor |
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I |
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| ibn | Arabic |
| ibutho | SA |
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idderao |
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| ikhanda | SA |
| ikhehla | SA |
| iklwa | SA |
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imma |
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| Imperial Yeomanry | British |
| impi | SA |
| induna | SA |
| insh'allah | Arabic |
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International Gun |
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| inyanga | SA |
| isicoco | SA |
| isihlangu | SA |
| iviyo | SA |
| iXwa | SA |
J |
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| jalapeño | West |
| jamal | Arabic |
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jambo |
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jao |
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| jambok | SA |
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jawan |
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| jebel | Egypt |
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jemadar |
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jezail |
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jibbah |
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jihad or jehad |
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jihadiyya |
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jirga |
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John Company |
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joss |
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joss pidgin |
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| juju | EA |
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juldi |
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junk |
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K |
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Kabul |
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| kadi | Egypt |
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Kaffir |
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| kahin | Arabic |
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kaimakam |
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| kalb | Arabic |
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kali pani |
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Kansu Braves |
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karaba |
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| kasar | French |
| kasarian | French |
| keffiyeh | Arabic |
| kepi | French |
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Khabadar |
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khaki |
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| Khaki | SA |
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Khalsa |
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khan |
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khansamah |
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| khawi | Arabic |
| khayeh | Arabic |
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Khedive |
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khel |
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| khilf | Arabic |
| khud | India |
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Khyber Pass |
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| kila | India |
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Kingsley’s Force |
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kip |
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| kitchen kaffir | SA |
| kloof | SA |
| knobkerrie | SA |
| kop | SA |
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kopje |
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Kot daffadar |
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kotal |
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kraal |
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| krait | India |
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kullah |
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L |
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laager |
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lal pagriwalas |
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lance daffadar |
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| lariat | West |
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lashkar |
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| Legion Etrangèr | French |
| liberty-men | British |
| line-camp | West |
| loblolly | West |
| loco | West |
| locoweed | West |
| loot | British |
| lorcha | China |
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lungi |
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M |
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| maboul | Arabic |
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Macartney’s Force |
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| madafe | Arabic |
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Madras Army |
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Mahdi |
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| Mahdiya | Egypt |
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mahout |
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| majnun | Arabic |
| majoon | India |
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maidan |
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| Makhzan | French |
| malaria | British |
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malik |
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| mallah | French |
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mambo |
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mandarin |
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Manilamen |
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| marabout | Arabic |
| marhaba | Arabic |
| marhabtein | Arabic |
|
martial classes |
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| matlow | British |
| maverick | West |
| Maxim Gun | British |
| medina | Arabic |
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memsahib |
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men |
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mfecane |
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| mesa | West |
| mescal | West |
| mesquite | West |
| miasma | British |
| mihrab | Arabic |
| minaret | Arabic |
| mosque | Arabic |
| mosshorn | West |
|
mountain gun |
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| mubashi | Arabic |
| mudiria | Egypt |
| muezzin | Arabic |
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Mujhaddin |
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| mukhtar | Arabic |
| mulazem | Egypt |
|
mulazimiyya |
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| muley | West |
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mullah |
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munshi |
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| murrain | British |
| muslimaniya | Egypt |
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Mussulman |
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| mustang | West |