Lascar

Las′car

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Noun.

[Per. & Hind.

lashkar

an army, an inferior artillery man, a cooly, a native sailor.]

A native sailor, employed in European vessels; also, a menial employed about arsenals, camps, camps, etc.; a camp follower.

[East Indies]

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Noun.

In the East Indies, a native seaman, or a gunner.

lascar ‎(plural lascars)

A sailor, army servant or artilleryman from India or Southeast Asia.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 47
  A motley crowd saunters along the streets — Lascars off a P. and O., blond Northmen from a Swedish barque, Japanese from a man-of-war, English sailors, Spaniards, pleasant-looking fellows from a French cruiser, negroes off an American tramp.

lascar ‎(first-person singular present indicative lasco, past participle lascado)

Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb lascar

	Singular			Plural
Notes:^[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. The last letter c is changed to qu, depending on the following vowel, resulting in these three possible sequences: -ca-, -que- and -co-. Verbs with this conjugation include: brincar, buscar, pecar, trancar.
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	lascar
Personal	lascar	lascares	lascar	lascarmos	lascardes	lascarem
Gerund
	lascando
Past participle
Masculine	lascado			lascados
Feminine	lascada			lascadas
Indicative
Present	lasco	lascas	lasca	lascamos	lascais	lascam
Imperfect	lascava	lascavas	lascava	lascávamos	lascáveis	lascavam
Preterite	lasquei	lascaste	lascou	lascamos lascámos	lascastes	lascaram
Pluperfect	lascara	lascaras	lascara	lascáramos	lascáreis	lascaram
Future	lascarei	lascarás	lascará	lascaremos	lascareis	lascarão
Conditional
	lascaria	lascarias	lascaria	lascaríamos	lascaríeis	lascariam
Subjunctive
Present	lasque	lasques	lasque	lasquemos	lasqueis	lasquem
Imperfect	lascasse	lascasses	lascasse	lascássemos	lascásseis	lascassem
Future	lascar	lascares	lascar	lascarmos	lascardes	lascarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	lasca	lasque	lasquemos	lascai	lasquem
Negative (não)	-	lasques	lasque	lasquemos	lasqueis	lasquem