"serang" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 14:",
          "text": "The discovery that the substance in his mouth was of vegetable origin came as no great reassurance to Zachary: once, when the serang spat a stream of blood-red juice over the rail, he noticed the water below coming alive with the thrashing of shark's fins.",
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          "text": "The serang or his deputy could serve as a rebel leader or as a point of protest; there were even times when isolated Europeans joined the rebel cause.",
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        "A native Indian boatswain; a lascar captain."
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        "(India, now historical) A native Indian boatswain; a lascar captain."
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