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lascar - 3 dictionary results

las⋅car

[las-ker]
–noun
1. an East Indian sailor.
2. Anglo-Indian. an artilleryman.
Also, lashkar.


Origin:
1615–25; < Pg, short for lasquarin soldier < Urdu lashkarī < Pers, equiv. to lashkar army + suffix of appurtenance
las·car   (lās'kər)   
n.  An East Indian sailor, army servant, or artillery trooper.

[Urdu lashkar, army, from Persian, from Arabic al-'askar, the army : al-, the + 'askar, army.]

Lascar

Las"car\, n. [Per. & Hind. lashkar an army, an inferior artillery man, a cooly, a native sailor.] A native sailor, employed in European vessels; also, a menial employed about arsenals, camps, camps, etc.; a camp follower. [East Indies]
Language Translation for : lascar
Spanish: desportillar,
German: anschlagen,
Japanese: かく
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