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Island also called Ceram
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serang
Word definitions for serang in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Serang \Se*rang"\, n. [Per. sarhang a commander.] The boatswain of a Lascar or East Ondian crew.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Serang municipality (Indonesian: Kota Serang ) is the capital of Banten province and was formerly also the administrative center of Serang Regency in Indonesia (the Regency's capital is now at Baros). The city is located towards the north of Banten province. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context India dated English) A native Indian boatswain.
Usage examples of serang.
Captain or leader, or whatever he might be, he was most evidently the serang of that labour party.
A corpulent Dutchman with spectacles and a silk umbrella was the head serang of the place, and after him trotted his aide-de-camp, a little brown Malay carrying a sword.
Two officers came on board, listened to the serang, tried to talk with the Arab, couldn't make head or tail of it: but of course the nature of the emergency was obvious enough.
McElwee, Gill and the serang were of the same opinion,, and although they had not been able to make any observation through the clouds of flying grit their dead-reckonings all agreed in setting the Niobe a little south of Ras Minah, with a fine broad stretch of unencumbered channel before her.
This infernal publicity is too shocking: there he sits while all these confounded natives, serangs, lascars, quartermasters, are giving evidence that's enough to burn a man to ashes with shame.