lascar

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There he was shoulder to shoulder with the greaser and the lascar, the "shoulder-striker" and the hoodlum; and they were all busy with monte, faro, rondo, and rouge-et-noir There was no limit to the gambling in those days.

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  1. noun An East Indian sailor, army servant, or artillery trooper.

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  1. Urdu lashkar, army, from Persian, from Arabic al-'askar, the army : al-, the + 'askar, army.

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  1. Also lashkar, lushkur; from Hindustani lashkar, a regimental servant, a native sailor, properly lashkarī, belonging to the army, from Persian lashkarī, belonging to the army, military, a soldier, from lashkar (later Hindustani lashkar), an army; cf. Arabic 'askar, army.
 

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/læsˈkɑr/
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