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lascars

lascars is the plural of lascar.

Meaning of lascar

Noun

lascar (plural lascars)

  1. (historical) 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
  2. A tent-pitcher; also a type of artilleryman.
  3. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genera Pantoporia and Lasippa.

Questions about lascars

What is lascars the plural of?
Lascars is the plural of lascar.

Words near lascars in the dictionary

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

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