Synonyms for lascar


Grammar : Noun
Spell : las-ker
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæs kər

Top 10 synonyms for lascar Other synonyms for the word lascar

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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