serangn.
/səˈraŋ/, U.S. /səˈræŋ/ Anglo-Indian.
A native boatswain or captain of a Lascar crew.
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boatswainOE
boatsman1513
bosun1592
tindal1698
contre-master1726
serang1799
Pipes1818
Spithead nightingale1890
bose1912
1799 Hull Advert. 21 Dec. 4/1 Seringapatam Prize-money…first dividend. Commandant Subadars, and Serangs of Gun Lascars.
1806 Naval Chron. 15 469 The sarang, or principal native.
1817 in R. G. Wallace 15 Years in India (1822) 256 The syrangs..exerted their powerful influence over the seamen.
1891 R. Kipling Life's Handicap 297 Pambé, the Serang or head man of the Lascar sailors.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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