LASCAR  , the name in See also:

• COMMON

common use for all See also:

• ORIENTAL

oriental, and especially See also:

• INDIAN

Indian, sailors, which has been adopted in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England into the See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

Merchant See also:

• SHIPPING

Shipping Acts, though without any See also:

• DEFINITION (Lat. definitio, from de-finire, to set limits to, describe)

definition . It is derived from the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian lashkar = See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, or See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp, in which sense it is still used in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, e.g . Lashkar, originally the camp, now the permanent See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital, of Sindhia at See also:

• GWALIOR

Gwalior . It would seem to have been applied by the Portuguese, first to an inferior class of men in military service (cf . " See also:

• GUN

gun-lascars "), and then to sailors as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . The See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form askari on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent to " See also:

• SEPOY

sepoy," comes from the Arabic `askar= army, which is believed to be itself taken from the Persian .