Synonyms for lascar

Grammar : Noun

Spell : las-ker

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæs kər

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Définition of lascar

Origin : East Indian sailor, 1620s, from Portuguese lachar, from Hindi lashkari "soldier, native sailor," from lashkar "army, camp," from Persian lashkar. Cf. Arabic al-'askar "the army," perhaps from Persian.

As in sailor : noun person who travels by sea
As in jack : noun sailor

Example sentences :

That is only a Lascar, one of the sailors, a picturesque fellow, isn't he?
Extract from : « Round the Wonderful World » by G. E. Mitton

Grief and rage convulsed the fierce face of the wounded Lascar.
Extract from : « The Haunters of the Silences » by Charles G. D. Roberts

A Lascar sailor, who was living with the savages, acted as interpreter.
Extract from : « The Long White Cloud » by William Pember Reeves

He has crept out of the Lascar's attic, and he saw the light.
Extract from : « A Little Princess » by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Here is a Lascar ashore from the big steamer that is to start for Alexandria on the morrow.
Extract from : « Sunrise » by William Black

There was the boat, the lascar resting motionless on his oar.
Extract from : « In Clive's Command » by Herbert Strang

From the lascar he had learned all that he ever knew of the motives of the Gujarati's action.
Extract from : « In Clive's Command » by Herbert Strang

There were in my rank a woman, a cripple, and a lascar from the ships.
Extract from : « A Diversity of Creatures » by Rudyard Kipling

I have seen a Lascar several times while I have been down there.
Extract from : « Colonel Thorndyke's Secret » by G. A. Henty

The food belonged to Pambe, the Serang or head man of the lascar sailors.
Extract from : « Life's Handicap » by Rudyard Kipling

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