| 释义 |
‖ serang Anglo-Indian.|səˈræŋ|
Also sarang, syrang.
[a. Pers. sarhang commander.]
A native boatswain or captain of a Lascar crew.
1799Hull Advert. 21 Dec. 4/1 Seringapatam Prize-money{ddd}first dividend. Commandant Subadars, and Serangs of Gun Lascars. 1806Naval Chron. XV. 469 The sarang, or principal native. 1817in R. G. Wallace Fifteen Yrs. India (1822) 256 The syrangs..exerted their powerful influence over the seamen. 1891Kipling Life's Handicap 297 Pambé, the Serang or head man of the Lascar sailors. |