lashkar

¹ American  

[lash-ker] / ˈlæʃ kər /

noun

1. lascar.

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Lashkar ² American  

[luhsh-ker] / ˈlʌʃ kər /

noun

1. the modern part of Gwalior city in N India: capital of former Gwalior state.

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Lashkar British  

/ ˈlʌʃkə /

noun

1. a former city in N India, in Madhya Pradesh: capital of the former states of Gwalior and Madhya Bharat; now part of the city of Gwalior

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Example Sentences

We can't prove anything, but the spies keep bringing in rumors of ten thousand men in Khinjan Caves, and of another large lashkar not far away from Khinjan.

From King of the Khyber Rifles by Mundy, Talbot

We keep hearing of that lashkar that we can't locate, under a mullah whose name seems to change with the day of the week.

From King of the Khyber Rifles by Mundy, Talbot

In the year 1879 the tribe of the Wazirs had been incited by their Mullahs to rise, and they came down suddenly with their lashkar on the little frontier town of Tank.

From Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches by Pennell, T. L. (Theodore Leighton)

"Does this other letter tell of the lashkar, too?"

From King of the Khyber Rifles by Mundy, Talbot

"How great is the lashkar that is forming?" asked Courtenay.

From King of the Khyber Rifles by Mundy, Talbot