lascar

[ las-ker ]
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noun
  1. an East Indian sailor.

  2. Indian English. an artilleryman.

Origin of lascar

1
First recorded in 1620–30; from Portuguese, short for lasquarin “soldier,” from Urdu lashkarī, from Persian, equivalent to lashkar “army” + a suffix indicating relationship or origin; lasquarin shows spontaneous nasalization that occurs in Portuguese, as also in sim “yes,” from Latin sīc (Spanish sí, Italian sì, French si )

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British Dictionary definitions for lascar

lascar

/ (ˈlæskə) /


noun
  1. a sailor from the East Indies

Origin of lascar

1
C17: from Urdu lashkar soldier, from Persian: the army

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