Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the East Indies, the boatswain of a lascar crew; also, the skipper of a small native vessel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The boatswain of a Lascar or East Ondian crew.
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- noun India, dated A
native Indian boatswain .
Etymologies
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Examples
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A serang is a person of importance, far above a stoker, though the stoker draws better pay.
Life's Handicap Rudyard Kipling 1900
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This "serang" had to be a first-class diver himself, and had also to be acquainted with the manoeuvring of a small boat.
The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont Louis de Rougemont 1884
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Para calon agaknya masih ragu-ragu untuk saling serang secara berhadap-hadapan dalam forum terbuka.
Global Voices in English » Indonesia: Disappointing Election Debate 2009
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Normatif, miskin gagasan segar, seragam dan tidak ada saling serang.
Global Voices in English » Indonesia: Disappointing Election Debate 2009
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Jika gagasannya sudah berbeda ketiganya harus saling serang.
Global Voices in English » Indonesia: Disappointing Election Debate 2009
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Selama ini mereka sebenarnya sudah saling serang secara sengit tetapi tidak secara berhadap-hadapan.
Global Voices in English » Indonesia: Disappointing Election Debate 2009
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Di depan orangnya bersikap manis-manis, tetapi diluar saling serang dengan pedas.
Global Voices in English » Indonesia: Disappointing Election Debate 2009
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With a cry to the serang to cast loose and row after him, Desmond took a header into the stream, and with a few strokes gained the drowning man's side.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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The serang gave the second of the two Bengalis who had formed his original crew an errand on shore.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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For a time the serang paid no apparent heed to him; but presently, while the coolies were still busy, he sauntered across the plank and strolling to the onlooker exchanged a salaam and squatted beside him.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
chained_bear commented on the word serang
"'Mr McElwee,' he said, turning to the Company's pilot, 'what do you and the serang make of it?'
"'Well, sir,' said Mr McElwee, 'I have not often been north of Jeddah or Yanbo, as I said, nor has the serange, but we both think it looks mighty like dropping for the night, with maybe an Egyptian wind coming on tomorrow.'"
--Patrick O'Brian, Treason's Harbour, 174–175
February 19, 2008