Definitions for lascar
ˈlæs kərlas·car

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lascarnoun

   an East Indian sailor

2. Lascarnoun

   a volcano in the Andes in Chile

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lascarnoun

   A sailor, army servant or artilleryman from India or Southeast Asia.

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1. Lascar

   A lascar was a sailor or militiaman from the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, the Arab world, British Somaliland, or other land east of the Cape of Good Hope, who was employed on European ships from the 16th century until the middle of the 20th century.

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1. lascar

   A lascar is a term used historically to refer to sailors, militiamen, or guards from South Asia, particularly from the Indian subcontinent, employed on European ships primarily during the colonial era. The term could also refer to a domestic servant in the UK.

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1. Lascarnoun

   a native sailor, employed in European vessels; also, a menial employed about arsenals, camps, camps, etc.; a camp follower

2. Etymology: [Per. & Hind. lashkar an army, an inferior artillery man, a cooly, a native sailor.]

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1. Lascar

   A lascar and was a sailor or militiaman from the Indian Subcontinent or other countries east of the Cape of Good Hope, employed on European ships from the 16th century until the beginning of the 20th century. The word comes from the Persian Lashkar, meaning military camp or army, and al-askar, the Arabic word for a guard or soldier. The Portuguese adapted this term to lascarim, meaning an Asian militiaman or seaman, especially those from the Indian Subcontinent. Lascars served on British ships under 'lascar' agreements. These agreements allowed shipowners more control than was the case in ordinary articles of agreement. The sailors could be transferred from one ship to another and retained in service for up to three years at one time. The name lascar was also used to refer to Indian servants, typically engaged by British military officers.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lascar

   las′kar, n. a native East Indian sailor or camp-follower. [Hind.,—Pers. lashkari, a soldier.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lascar

   A native sailor in the East Indies; also, in a military sense, natives of India employed in pitching tents, or dragging artillery, as gun-lascars.

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1. lascar

   In the East Indies, signifies properly a camp-follower, but is generally applied to native sailors on board of British ships. The Lascars make good seamen, but being of an excessively irritable and revengeful nature, are generally kept in the minority in a ship’s crew.

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1. Lascar

   The generic name for an East Indian seaman, though it really expresses the Persian for a soldier, from lashkari, a camp-follower. Lascars were first employed by the East Indiamen homeward bound. Nowadays all Asiatic sailors, of whatever nationality, are called Lascars.

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1. • Chile
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Anagrams for lascar »

1. rascal

2. sacral

3. scalar

How to pronounce lascar?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say lascar in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lascar in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lascar in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lascar
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lascar
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lascar
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lascar
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=lascar
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=lascar
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=lascar
9. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
10. ^ Etymology and Origins
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=lascar
11. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=lascar