Lascar
Sailor or militiaman from South Asia, Southeast Asia, and other territories / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Lascar (disambiguation).
"Lascars" redirects here. For the animated series, see Lascars (TV series). For the film, see Lascars (film).
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.