lascar

noun3

1. •
   (historical) A sailor from India or Southeast Asia, especially as serving on a European ship.

   • ...and what foreigner is it, exactly, that Pirate has in mind if it isn't that stateless lascar across his own mirror-glass, that poorest of exiles... — 1973
2. •
   Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genera Pantoporia and Lasippa.
3. •
   A tent-pitcher; also a type of artilleryman.