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LASCAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A volcano in the Andes in Chile
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
volcano (a mountain formed by volcanic material)
Holonyms ("Lascar" is a part of...):
Chile; Republic of Chile (a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An East Indian sailor
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lascar" is a kind of...):
crewman; sailor (any member of a ship's crew)
Context examples:
The Lascar was known to be a man of the vilest antecedents, but as, by Mrs. St. Clair’s story, he was known to have been at the foot of the stair within a very few seconds of her husband’s appearance at the window, he could hardly have been more than an accessory to the crime.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
One mistake had been made in not arresting Boone instantly, as he was allowed some few minutes during which he might have communicated with his friend the Lascar, but this fault was soon remedied, and he was seized and searched, without anything being found which could incriminate him.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
