Definition of "lascars" [lascars]

• Plural form of lascar. (noun)

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• "There were dark-skinned Asian sailors called lascars; Huguenots from France; thousands of Africans with rich brown skin and tightly curled hair; and countless Irish like Dermot."
• "So how did lascars communicate, with their officers (who were usually European) and with each other?"
• "A ship manned by lascars must have been a kind of floating babel."