Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Spahi \Spa"hi\, Spahee \Spa"hee\, n. [Per., Turk., & Hind.
   sip[=a]h[=i]: cf. F. spahi. See {Seroy}.]
   1. Formerly, one of the Turkish cavalry.

   2. An Algerian cavalryman in the French army.