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‖ topchee|ˈtəʊptʃiː|
Also 7 topagee, toptchi, 9 topechee, topdji, topgi; topgey.
[Hind. topcī, Pers. topchī, Turk. topçu artilleryman, f. Pers., Turk. top gun, cannon.]
A term used in the former Ottoman Empire for a gunner or artilleryman.
1623in W. Foster Eng. Factories India (1908) 234 They delivered mee..into the hands of the Topagee. 1668P. Rycaut Present State Ottoman Empire iii. x. 200 The Toptchi. These are Gunners, called so from the word Tope, which in Turkish signifies a Cannon. 1828J. B. Fraser Kuzzilbash I. 337 The men..bore down like lightning on the topechees. 1854R. Curzon Armenia 73 He brought four guns with him, and a number of topgis, or gunners, to work these instruments of destruction. 1892P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products (new ed.) Suppl. 502/1 Topdjis, militia artillerymen in Turkey. 1918E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 620 Topgeys, the term for Turkish artillerymen or gunners. Also written topgis. |