Sentence:  A motley crowd saunters along the streets — <WSD>Lascars</WSD> off a P. and O., blond Northmen from a Swedish barque, Japanese from a man-of-war, English sailors, Spaniards, pleasant-looking fellows from a French cruiser, negroes off an American tramp. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A sailor, army servant or artilleryman from India or Southeast Asia.