Meaning & use
Sice
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Chiefly historical: in colonial India, a groom or stable hand who looked after horses.
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The colonel's sice led the horses out for their morning exercise.
A sice waited at the gate, ready to saddle the mare.
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Borrowed into English from Hindi-Urdu (sais) during the period of British rule in India; also spelled 'syce.'
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groomstableman
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