askari
noun
an African police officer or soldier, especially one serving a colonial administration.
askaris
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pluralof askari.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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All the askaris were on their tea break at the time.
From Newsweek ● Sep. 5, 2013
Under his command were some 21,000 Savoy Grenadiers, seven legions of askaris* and a reserve of some 70,000 semi-trained labor troops.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tanganyika's President Julius Nyerere took the most direct approach: he announced that both battalions of his Tanganyika Rifles would be disbanded and the aberrant askaris replaced by members of his party's militant Youth Wing.
From Time Magazine Archive
As for the personal attendants, the gun-bearers, tent-boys, and saises, as well as the head men and askaris, or soldiers, they felt as far above the porters as the latter did above the shenzis.
From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Theodore Roosevelt
Two hours later, the man on guard at the gate, one of Ferrier's askaris, reported that a number of men were marching across the plain towards the causeway.
From Settlers and Scouts by Herbert Strang
