"Lascarin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Lascarins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Lascarin (plural Lascarins)
  1. (historical) In Sri Lanka, one of the indigenous soldiers who fought for the Portuguese during the Portuguese era (1505–1658) and continued to serve as colonial soldiers until the 1930s. Wikipedia link: Lascarins Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-Lascarin-en-noun-GpzE98JF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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