sowarEtymologyFrom Hindi/Urdu सवार (savār)/سوار (savār), from Classical Persian سوار (sawār, “horseman”).sowar means A soldier on horseback, especially one during the British Raj. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.nounA soldier on horseback, especially one during the British Raj.“I have been laboring under the impression that, for soul-harrowing vocal effort, the wild-eyed sowars of Khorassan, as exemplified in my escort from Beerjand, were entitled to the worst execrations of a discriminating Ferenghi, but the Afghans can go them one better.”