Lascar
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈlæskɚ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lascar is a noun meaning (now chiefly historical) A sailor from India or Southeast Asia, especially as serving on a European ship.
Meaning
(now chiefly historical) A sailor from India or Southeast Asia, especially as serving on a European ship.
More Meanings
- (Anglo-Indian) A tent-pitcher; also a type of artilleryman.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genera Pantoporia and Lasippa.
Example Sentences
As for the voyage itself, his account of Mauritius, where the ship stopped, saw the appearance of Muslim lascars.
...and what foreigner is it, exactly, that Pirate has in mind if it isn't that stateless lascar across his own mirror-glass, that poorest of exiles.
A motley crowd saunters along the streets — Lascars off a P. and O., blond Northmen from a Swedish barque, Japanese from a man-of-war, English sailors, Spaniards, pleasant-looking fellows from a French cruiser, negroes off an American tramp.
Word Forms
- lascars
- lashkar
- laskar
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include laskar, lashkar, seacunny, lobscouser, jack, alongshoreman.
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