lascar
[ las-ker ]
/ ˈlæs kər /
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noun
an East Indian sailor.
Indian English. an artilleryman.
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Origin of lascar
1615–25; <Portuguese, short for lasquarin soldier <Urdu lashkarī<Persian, equivalent to lashkar army + -ī suffix of appurtenance
Words nearby lascar
larynx, lasagna, lasagne, La Salle, La Scala, lascar, Las Casas, Lascaux, Lascaux Cave, lascivious, lasciviousness
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British Dictionary definitions for lascar
lascar
/ (ˈlæskə) /
noun
a sailor from the East Indies
Word Origin for lascar
C17: from Urdu lashkar soldier, from Persian: the army
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