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Lascarin

Lascarin noun: in Sri Lanka, one of the indigenous soldiers who fought for the Portuguese during the Portuguese era (1505–1658) and continued to serve as colonial soldiers until the 1930s.

Noun

Lascarin (plural Lascarins)

  1. (historical) In Sri Lanka, one of the indigenous soldiers who fought for the Portuguese during the Portuguese era (1505–1658) and continued to serve as colonial soldiers until the 1930s.

Forms of Lascarin

pluralLascarins

Questions about Lascarin

What does Lascarin mean?
Lascarin means in Sri Lanka, one of the indigenous soldiers who fought for the Portuguese during the Portuguese era (1505–1658) and continued to serve as colonial soldiers until the 1930s.
What part of speech is Lascarin?
Lascarin is a noun.
What is the plural of Lascarin?
The plural of Lascarin is Lascarins.

Words near Lascarin in the dictionary

  1. Lascala
  2. Lascalas
  3. Lascano
  4. Lascanos
  5. lascar
  6. Lascarin
  7. Lascarins
  8. lascars
  9. Lascasian
  10. Lascaux
  11. Lascelles

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