Definition of lascar Lascar
las•car
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What does lascar mean?
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NounPlural: lascars |
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| lascar - a volcano in the Andes in Chile | ||
| lascar - an East Indian sailor |
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- lascar (Noun)
A sailor, army servant or artilleryman from India or Southeast Asia.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- lascar (n.)
A native sailor, employed in European vessels; also, a menial employed about arsenals, camps, camps, etc.; a camp follower.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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lascar
las′kar, n. a native East Indian sailor or camp-follower. [Hind.,—Pers. lashkari, a soldier.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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lascar
A native sailor in the East Indies; also, in a military sense, natives of India employed in pitching tents, or dragging artillery, as gun-lascars.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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lascar
In the East Indies, signifies properly a camp-follower, but is generally applied to native sailors on board of British ships. The Lascars make good seamen, but being of an excessively irritable and revengeful nature, are generally kept in the minority in a ship’s crew.
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🔤- lascar, noun, singular of lascars.
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