Nujeeb

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== English == === Etymology === From Hindi [Term?], from Arabic نَجِيب (najīb, “noble”). === Noun === Nujeeb (plural Nujeebs) (India, historical) A kind of half-disciplined infantry soldier under some of the native governments; also at one time a kind of militia under the British, receiving this honorary title as being gentlemen volunteers. ==== Alternative forms ==== Nezib, Nujib === Further reading === Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “Nujeeb”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 631.