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View synonyms for lascar
lascar
[ las-ker ]
noun
- an East Indian sailor.
- Indian English. an artilleryman.
lascar
/ ˈlæskə /
noun
- a sailor from the East Indies
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lascar1
First recorded in 1620–30; from Portuguese, short for lasquarin “soldier,” from Urdu lashkarī, from Persian, equivalent to lashkar “army” + -ī 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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Word History and Origins
Origin of lascar1
C17: from Urdu lashkar soldier, from Persian: the army
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Example Sentences
Yet how came it that even a low-caste mongrel of a Lascar should offer such an overt insult to a Brahmin!
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The lascar moved his feet cautiously, and they rustled among dried stumps.
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At last the lascar rose and floundered through the mud toward the village, but he was careful to leave an ally to watch the boats.
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A Lascar is standing by grinning, with a bucket of water and a deck-swab; they want to begin holystoning down the decks.
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Jasper, waking, makes experiments on the talk of the old woman, the Lascar and Chinaman in their sleep.
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