Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A camp of the native Indian regiments.
  • noun A body of Afridi soldiers: so used in English newspaper accounts of the Afridi campaign, 1897.

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Examples

  • Provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said that attack was a "reaction to the successes" of an anti-Taliban militia, known as a lashkar, in Badhber.

    Pakistan Suicide Bombing In Mosque Kills At Least 50 People AP 2010

  • After the blast, enraged villagers formed a militia, known as a lashkar, of about 500 men to expel the militants from the area, said the top government official in the region.

    Best News Ever About Pakistan... GayandRight 2009

  • Members of the militia - or "lashkar" - were filling their vehicles at a petrol station when the bomb exploded.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Rob Crilly 2012

  • Members of the militia - or "lashkar" - were filling their vehicles at a petrol station when the bomb exploded.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Rob Crilly 2012

  • The spokesman suggested the victims may have been targeted because most of them belonged to the Salarzai tribe, which was among the first to set up a militia - known as a lashkar - to fight the Taliban in 2008.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • The spokesman suggested the victims may have been targeted because most of them belonged to the Salarzai tribe, which was among the first to set up a militia - known as a lashkar - to fight the Taliban in 2008.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

  • Provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said that attack was a "reaction to the successes" of an anti-Taliban militia, known as a lashkar, in Badhber.

    Evening Standard - Home 2010

  • The spokesman suggested the victims may have been targeted because most of them belonged to the Salarzai tribe, which was among the first to set up a militia - known as a lashkar - to fight the Taliban in 2008.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

  • Provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said that attack was a "reaction to the successes" of an anti-Taliban militia, known as a lashkar, in Badhber.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • The spokesman suggested the victims may have been targeted because most of them belonged to the Salarzai tribe, which was among the first to set up a militia - known as a lashkar - to fight the Taliban in 2008.

    chron.com Chronicle 2010

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