lascar
an East Indian sailor.
Indian English. an artilleryman.
Origin of lascar
1- Also lashkar.
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How to use lascar in a sentence
I will go in and give the jhirnee; and if any of those prying rascals the Lascars come about us, you know what to do.
Confessions of a Thug | Philip Meadows TaylorTheir servants wanted this ground to encamp on, but, seeing us here, the Lascars have taken them to the other side of the village.
Confessions of a Thug | Philip Meadows TaylorShe agrees, however, to remain on the steamer while the captain and I and a couple of Lascars with lanterns go forth again.
Round the Wonderful World | G. E. MittonNext minute I saw him rousing up the rest of the Lascars, who slept watch and watch on the forecastle.
Surcouf had but nineteen men aboard, including the surgeon and himself, and a few Lascars,—natives.
Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea | Charles H. L. Johnston
British Dictionary definitions for lascar
/ (ˈlæskə) /
a sailor from the East Indies
Origin of lascar
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