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Definition of Lascar
1. Noun. An East Indian sailor.
2. Noun. A volcano in the Andes in Chile.
Definition of Lascar
1. n. A native sailor, employed in European vessels; also, a menial employed about arsenals, camps, camps, etc.; a camp follower.
Definition of Lascar
1. Noun. A sailor, army servant or artilleryman from India or Southeast Asia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lascar
1. an East Indian sailor [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lascar
Literary usage of Lascar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bits of Old China by William C. Hunter (1885)
"This barbarian, we understand, is a lascar seaman, but by whom and when left on
the coast of Fuh-Keen does not appear.' The man, as usual in similar cases, ..."
2. A Practical and Elementary Abridgment of the Cases Argued and Determined in by Charles Petersdorff, Elisha Hammond (1829)
"... В. 12 East, 398; S. P lascar v. Or 'for A rule was obtained lo show cause why
the defendant should not be dischar- ..."
3. Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of by Forster, R. P (1818)
"A lascar belonging to the vessel, perceiving that my nakedness gave me great
concern, tore into two a piece of cloth which he had tied round his waist, ..."
4. The Mysteries of the Court of London by George William MacArthur Reynolds (1856)
"It appears that the false lascar was completely in the power of Lord ... AH of
a sudden the lascar looked very hard at the Viscount, and said these words— ..."
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