An East Indian sailor, army servant, or artillery trooper.
[Urdu lashkar, army, from Persian, from Arabic al-‘askar, the army : al-, the + ‘askar, army.]
lascar
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las·car (lăs'kər)  |
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
an East Indian sailor
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