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Definition of Spahee
1. spahi [n -S] - See also: spahi
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spahee
Literary usage of Spahee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Original Letters of Eminent Literary Men of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and by Henry Ellis (1843)
"The spahee would not part with them under 200 dollars, which is £60 sterling ;
so I durst not venture upon them, being ignorant of their worth : yet I will ..."
2. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... they procure to bee turned out, contenting themselves with the Title and small
pay of a spahee, ..."
3. Authors' & Printers' Dictionary: A Guide for Authors, Editors, Printers by Frederick Howard Collins (1912)
"-a. spahee,Turk. horse-soldier, not -hi. Spain, abbr. Sp. spandrel (arch.), not-\\.
Spanish, abbr. Sp.; (typ.) alphabet consists 0(27 letters, including the ..."
4. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... they procure to bee turned out, contenting themselves with the Title and small
pay of a spahee, ..."
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