lascar
UK/ˈlaskə/US/ˈlæskɚ/
lascar noun: a sailor from India or Southeast Asia, especially as serving on a European ship.
Noun
lascar (plural lascars)
- A sailor from India or Southeast Asia, especially as serving on a European ship.
- A motley crowd saunters along the streets — Lascars off a P. and O., blond Northmen from a Swedish barque, Japanese from a man-of-war, English sailors, Spaniards, pleasant-looking fellows from a French cruiser, negroes off an American tramp.1919, W. Somerset Maugham, “chapter 47”, in The Moon and Sixpence
- ...and what foreigner is it, exactly, that Pirate has in mind if it isn't that stateless lascar across his own mirror-glass, that poorest of exiles...1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
- A tent-pitcher; also a type of artilleryman.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genera Pantoporia and Lasippa.
lascar meaning in Tamil and Marathi
lascar in Tamil
- உழையர், சிற்றேவலர்
lascar in Marathi
- lascar
- लष्कर laṣkar
Forms of lascar
| plural | lascars |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Lascar |
| alternative form | lashkar |
| alternative form | laskar |
Origin of lascar
From Hindustani لشکر / लश्कर (laśkar), from Persian لشکر (laškar). Doublet of askari.
Questions about lascar
- What does lascar mean?
- Lascar means a sailor from India or Southeast Asia, especially as serving on a European ship.
- What is lascar in Tamil?
- Lascar in Tamil is உழையர், சிற்றேவலர். See Lascar meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is lascar?
- Lascar is a noun.
- How do you pronounce lascar?
- Lascar is pronounced /ˈlæskɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of lascar?
- The plural of lascar is lascars.
Words near lascar in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lascar (page history and authors); lascar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); लष्कर (Marathi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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