sickman

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English

Etymology

From the English phrase sick man, adopted into sepoy patois.

Noun

sickman (plural sickmen)

  1. (India) A person who is unwell or incapacitated.
    • 1896, Journal of the Buddhist Text Society of India, volume 4, page 3:
      Generally the entrails of big animals are kept suspended at full length by means of strong ropes and a stick is taken to point out, to the friends of a sickman or an inquirer, the particular sign of recovery or of death which is indicated by peculiar marks in the entrails of the slain animal.
    • 1976, V. Venkata Rao, A Century of Tribal Politics in North East India, 1874-1974, page 256:
      Mody K. Marak who is more than seventy is a sickman. He is very slow in the disposal of business.
    • 2001, M. A. Saleem Khan, Al-Biruni's Discovery of India: An Interpretative Study, page 42:
      the Sultan showed marvellous power of endurance, and refused to lie in bed like a sickman.

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