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serangs

serangs is the plural of serang.

Meaning of serang

Noun

serang (plural serangs)

  1. (India, historical) A native Indian boatswain; a lascar captain.
    • The discovery that the substance in his mouth was of vegetable origin came as no great reassurance to Zachary: once, when the serang spat a stream of blood-red juice over the rail, he noticed the water below coming alive with the thrashing of shark's fins.2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 14

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What is serangs the plural of?
Serangs is the plural of serang.

Words near serangs in the dictionary

  1. Seran
  2. serandite
  3. serandites
  4. serang
  5. Serangoon
  6. serangs
  7. Serano
  8. Seranos
  9. serape
  10. serape effect
  11. serapea

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