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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 232 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LASCAR , the name in See also:

common use for all See also:oriental, and especially See also:Indian, sailors, which has been adopted in See also:England into the See also:Merchant See also:Shipping Acts, though without any See also:definition. It is derived from the See also:Persian lashkar = See also:army, or See also:camp, in which sense it is still used in See also:India, e.g. Lashkar, originally the camp, now the permanent See also:capital, of Sindhia at See also:Gwalior. It would seem to have been applied by the Portuguese, first to an inferior class of men in military service (cf. " See also:gun-lascars "), and then to sailors as See also:early as the 17th See also:century. The See also:form askari on the See also:east See also:coast of See also:Africa, See also:equivalent to " See also:sepoy," comes from the Arabic `askar= army, which is believed to be itself taken from the Persian.

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