Lascar
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thumb|Three lascar crew of the P&O liner A lascar was a sailor or militiaman from the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, the Arab world, British Somaliland or other lands east of the Cape of Good Hope, who was employed on European ships from the 16th century until the mid-20th century.
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thumb|Three lascar crew of the P&O liner A lascar was a sailor or militiaman from the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, the Arab world, British Somaliland or other lands east of the Cape of Good Hope, who was employed on European ships from the 16th century until the mid-20th century.
==Etymology== The Oxford English Dictionary states that the word has two possible derivations:
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