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† ˈbuxerry Obs. exc. Hist.
Also bucksaree, -ry, buxarry.
[Of uncertain etymology; Col. Yule (Appendix) suggests that it may be Hind. baksārī ‘native of Buxar’.]
A matchlock-man.
1757Clive in Grant Hist. India I. ix. 52/2 Leaving only a few Europeans with 200 new-raised Bucksarees to guard our camp. 1778E. Long Jamaica 1 (Y.) Having sent Ensign McKion with..150 buxerries. 1850Broome Rise & Progr. Bengal Army (Y.) Buxarries were nothing more than Burkandaz, armed and equipped in the usual native manner. c1880Grant Hist. India I. viii. 45/1, 1,500 Bucksaries, or native matchlockmen. |