lascar

noun
/ˈlæskɚ/US/ˈlaskə/UK

Etymology

From Hindustani لشکر / लश्कर (laśkar), from Persian لشکر (laškar). Doublet of askari.

  1. derived from لشکر

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. A tent-pitcher

    A tent-pitcher; also a type of artilleryman.

  3. 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