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lascar
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lascar has 2 senses
- lascar(n = noun.person) Array - an East Indian sailor; Array is a kind of crewman, sailor
- lascar(n = noun.location) Array - a volcano in the Andes in Chile; Array is a part of chile, republic of chile
is a kind of volcano
CIDE DICTIONARY
lascar, n. [Per. & Hind. lashkar an army, an inferior artillery man, a cooly, a native sailor.].
A native sailor, employed in European vessels; also, a menial employed about arsenals, camps, camps, etc.; a camp follower. [1913 Webster]
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