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lashkar

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lash⋅kar

[lash-ker]
–noun
lascar.

Lash⋅kar

[luhsh-ker]
–noun
the modern part of Gwalior city in N India: capital of former Gwalior state.

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
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