Definitions for "Spahi"
An Algerian cavalryman in the French army.
Sipahi] An Ottoman cavalryman who provided his service in exchange for a fief (a timar). (Fine, John V.A. Jr. The Late Medieval Balkans, 626)
Keywords:  horseman, desert, tribes
A horseman of the desert tribes.
Keywords:  cavalry, turkish, formerly, one
Formerly, one of the Turkish cavalry.