Indian. Obs. Also 6 lascariin, 8 -yn, 9 lascoreen. [ad. Pg. lasquarin, -im, a. Urdu (Pers.) lashkarī (adj., military; hence as sb., a soldier), f. lashkar army: see LASHKAR.] An East Indian soldier; also, one of the native police.
1598. W. Phillips, Linschoten, I. xxxix. 74. The soldier of Ballagate, which is called Lascariin.
1704. Collect. Voy. (Churchill), III. 706/2. A Convoy of 20 Lascaryns, under the Command of a Colonel.
1807. Cordiner, Descr. Ceylon, I. 170. A large open boat formed the van, containing his excellency’s guard or lascoreens.
1825. Heber, Jrnl., xxvii. (ed. 2), 140. Attended by some lascarines, who answer in some respects to our peons in Calcutta.
