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单词 lascar
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Definition of lascar in English:

lascar

noun ˈlaskəˈlaskər
dated
  • A sailor from India or SE Asia.

    as modifier the manning of British ships by lascar crews
    Example sentencesExamples
    • With origins throughout the lands bordering the Indian Ocean, from Mozambique to Malaya, Lascars had been employed by the East India Company for centuries.
    • The British officers were buried in the main part of the cemetery but the bodies of the thirty-one Lascar crew members went to the rear of the cemetery in a mass grave.
    • Winder provides a backstage version of British history, with fascinating descriptions of how poor immigrants arrived from across the world, including Lascars, Chinese and Gypsies.
    • The Merchant Shipping Act of 1823 replaced bonding with a law that confined Lascars to East India Company boarding houses and threatened those who did not board the next ship home with imprisonment for vagrancy.
    • The following year, the Lascar crew of the Australia were locked in a shed on a Melbourne wharf under guard until they too were shipped out.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Portuguese lascari, from Urdu and Persian laškarī 'soldier', from laškar 'army'.

Rhymes

Alaska, Madagascar, Nebraska
 
 

Definition of lascar in US English:

lascar

nounˈlaskər
dated
  • A sailor from India or Southeast Asia.

    as modifier the manning of British ships by lascar crews
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The British officers were buried in the main part of the cemetery but the bodies of the thirty-one Lascar crew members went to the rear of the cemetery in a mass grave.
    • The Merchant Shipping Act of 1823 replaced bonding with a law that confined Lascars to East India Company boarding houses and threatened those who did not board the next ship home with imprisonment for vagrancy.
    • With origins throughout the lands bordering the Indian Ocean, from Mozambique to Malaya, Lascars had been employed by the East India Company for centuries.
    • The following year, the Lascar crew of the Australia were locked in a shed on a Melbourne wharf under guard until they too were shipped out.
    • Winder provides a backstage version of British history, with fascinating descriptions of how poor immigrants arrived from across the world, including Lascars, Chinese and Gypsies.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Portuguese lascari, from Urdu and Persian laškarī ‘soldier’, from laškar ‘army’.

 
 
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