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‖ lashkar Indian.|ˈlæʃkɑːr|
Also 7 lescar, leskar.
[Urdu (Pers.) lashkar army, camp. See lascar.]
†a. A camp of native Indian soldiers (obs.).
b. A body of Afridi soldiers.
1616Sir T. Roe in Purchas Pilgrims (1625) I. 559, I tooke horse to auoyd presse and other inconuenience and crossed out of the Leskar before him. 1625Terry ibid. II. ix. vi. 1481 There being no lesse then two hundred thousand men, women, and children in this Leskar, or Campe. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 32 Normall his Queene..had passed safely ouer the Riuer, with most part of the Lescar, or Army, which shee immediately put into Battaglia. 1897Times 6 Oct. 3/1 The lashkar is prepared to offer terms on behalf of the Afridi, Mamund, and Malakand tribesmen. 1908Daily Chron. 27 Apr. 1/7 General Willcock's columns yesterday searched out the enemy's lashkars. 1924Glasgow Her. 14 May 8 The rebel lashkars are melting away. 1955Times 31 May 7/6 Inside this frame, lashkars, or tribal columns, are still raised occasionally. 1973Times 22 Mar. (Pakistan Suppl.) p. ii/3 Baluchistan..is led largely by tribes amenable only to the jurisdiction of their own sardars..who often command sizeable lashkars, or private levies. |