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† lascaˈrine Indian. Obs.
Also 6 lascariin, 8 -yn, 9 lascoreen.
[ad. Pg. lasquarin, -im, a. Urdu (Pers.) lashkarī (adj., military; hence as n., a soldier), f. lashkar army: see lashkar.]
An East Indian soldier; also, one of the native police.
1598W. Phillips Linschoten i. xxxix. 74 The soldier of Ballagate, which is called Lascariin. 1704Collect. Voy. (Churchill) III. 706/2 A Convoy of 20 Lascaryns, under the Command of a Colonel. 1807Cordiner Ceylon I. 170 A large open boat formed the van, containing his excellency's guard or lascoreens. 1825Heber Jrnl. xxvii. (ed. 2) 140 Attended by some lascarines, who answer in some respects to our peons in Calcutta. |