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A petty officer among lascars, or native East Indian sailors; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain.

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  1. n. A petty officer among lascars, or native East Indian sailors; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain.
  2. n. An attendant on an army.
  3. 1. A petty officer among lascars, or native East Indian sailors; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain. [India] Malcom. 2. An attendant on an army. [India] Simmonds.
  4. n English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536)