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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: LAP-LEO |
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LASCAR , the name in common use for all oriental, and especially Indian, sailors, which has been adopted in England
Merchant
definition . It is derived from the Persian lashkar = army, or camp
India
camp
capital , of Sindhia at Gwalior. It would seem to have been applied by the Portuguese, first to an inferior class of men in military service (cf. " gun-lascars "), and then to sailors as early as the 17th century . The form askari on the east
coast
sepoy
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