lascar

Examples

• All

• His black headband gave him a lascar look.

  Fiction book (1996)

• "During the voyage, the lascar expertly managed the cargo hold to ensure everything was secure."

• "We are coming aboard," said the lascar.

  Fiction book (1996)

• This must be the young lascar that Earnshaw brought back from Liverpool.

  Wuthering Heights (1970)

• The little lascar.

  Wuthering Heights (2011)

• We can thank Yusuf and his lascars... ...for teaching those Daibulians their devotions.

  Sinbad the Sailor (1947)

• Although they cooperate to escape the Ibis with Kalua, the lascar Jodu, and the head lascar Serang Ali,

  Academic text (2018)

• Although they cooperate to escape the Ibis with Kalua, the lascar Jodu, and the head lascar Serang Ali,

  Academic text (2018)

• "Lascar skillfully navigated the ship through rough waters."

• "His uncle was a lascar who served on British merchant ships in the early 1900s."

Synonyms

S

sailor

vslascar

233 1.0

A person who works on a ship as a crew member but not an officer

is specifically South Asian and mainly worked on British or European vessels

M

mariner

vslascar

11 6.0

A person who works on a ship at sea

is defined by South Asian origin and historical employment on Western ships

S

seafarer

vslascar

2 4.8

A person who works or travels at sea, like a sailor

is narrower referring to South Asian crew historically employed by Europeans

S

shipman

vslascar

• Archaic

1 9.9

A sailor who works on a ship

is specifically a South Asian crew member historically employed on European ships

Surface Forms

Etymology