Lascar


[las-ker] /ˈlæs kər/

noun
1.
an East Indian sailor.
2.
Indian English. an artilleryman.
/ˈlæskə/
noun
1.
a sailor from the East Indies
n.

East Indian sailor, 1620s, from Portuguese lachar, from Hindi lashkari “soldier, native sailor,” from lashkar “army, camp,” from Persian lashkar. Cf. Arabic al-‘askar “the army,” perhaps from Persian.

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