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What (who) is LASCARS - definition
SAILOR OR MILITIAMAN FROM THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT, SOUTHEAST ASIA, AND OTHER TERRITORIES
Lascars; Seacunny; Mistree; Kussab; Cassab
Lascar
·noun A native sailor, employed in European vessels; also, a menial employed about arsenals, camps, camps, ·etc.; a camp follower.
Lascar
['lask?]
¦ noun dated a sailor from India or SE Asia.
Origin
C17: from Port. lascari, from Urdu and Pers. laskari 'soldier'.
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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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.
Examples of use of LASCARS
1. Africans, Indians, Chinese, Jews and Lascars populated the East End.