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cassab|kəˈsɑːb|
Also cussab.
[Hind., a. Arab. ḳaṣṣāb butcher.]
A seaman of Asian origin employed in the merchant service.
1881Instr. Census Clerks (1885) 35 Cussab or Cassab..in P. and O. Service. 1921Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §735 Cassub, cussab; a member of Asiatic crew employed, either as lamp trimmer (on deck) or as storekeeper in steward's department. 1924Glasgow Herald 17 May 4 There is usually an elder, not necessarily a Haji, who carries a copy of the Quran. On board ship he is, as a rule, the cassab. 1960Times 16 Mar. p. xiv/4 There will be the specialist posts of cook, store-keeper and lampman (bhandary, cassab and battiwallah). |