lascar
noun/ˈlæskɚ/US/ˈlaskə/UK
Etymology
From Hindustani لشکر / लश्कर (laśkar), from Persian لشکر (laškar). Doublet of askari.
- derived from لشکر
Definitions
A sailor from India or Southeast Asia, especially as serving on a European ship.
- ...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...
- As for the voyage itself, his account of Mauritius, where the ship stopped, saw the appearance of Muslim lascars.
A tent-pitcher
A tent-pitcher; also a type of artilleryman.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genera Pantoporia and Lasippa.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for lascar. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA