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lascar

[ las-ker ]

noun

  1. an East Indian sailor.
  2. Indian English. an artilleryman.


lascar

/ ˈ±ôæ²õ°ìÉ™ /

noun

  1. a sailor from the East Indies
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lascar1

First recorded in 1620–30; from Portuguese, short for lasquarin “soldier,†from Urdu ±ô²¹²õ³ó°ì²¹°ùÄ«, from Persian, equivalent to lashkar “army†+ -Ä« a suffix indicating relationship or origin; lasquarin shows spontaneous nasalization that occurs in Portuguese, as also in sim “yes,†from Latin ²õÄ«³¦ ( Spanish ²õí, Italian ²õì, French si )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lascar1

C17: from Urdu lashkar soldier, from Persian: the army
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Meanwhile, back in England, she began doing good, establishing housing for lascars, Indian sailors who were often maltreated.

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He is pathologically cruel, a strategist commanding obedience – to the death – from the many dacoits, lascars and devastatingly beautiful women in his retinue.

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Each lascar has a smooth flat stick like a ruler, and as he deposits his mail-bag on a long bench over the hold, he gives up his stick to a man standing by.

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This is specially marked in the strange dialect of the Kathiawar boatmen who travel all over the world as lascars on the great steamships.

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He took a keen interest in the officers, the stewards, and even the lascars, but, in the course of conversation with them, he rarely if ever asked questions concerning their professional duties.

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