Definition of Askaris

1. askari [n] - See also: askari

Lexicographical Neighbors of Askaris

ask over
ask round
ask the question
askability
askable
askance
askanced
askances
askancing
askant
askanted
askanting
askants
askard
askari
askaris (current term)
aske
asked
asked around
asked for
asked for it
asked for the moon
asker
askerd
askers
askeses
askesis
askest
asketh
askew

Literary usage of Askaris

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of an American by Theodore Roosevelt (1910)
"In front of the tents stood the men in two lines; the first containing the fifteen askaris, the second the porters with their headmen. ..."

2. The Story of the Great War by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Leonard Wood, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Austin Melvin Knight, Frederick Palmer, Frank Herbert Simonds, Arthur Brown Ruhl (1916)
"A party of askaris, mounted, reported that some German troops were advancing with fixed bayonets. ... Scouting parties of German askaris were seen to ..."

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