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askari n.

from askari "soldier, guard, armed attendant": a native (East) African police officer or soldier, especially one serving a colonial administration [< Swahili < Arabic askari "soldier"]. This entry suggested by Tony Kalume.

• "The armed askaris loitered between the balance of the safari and the Arab village, ready to form a rear guard for the retreat that was to begin the moment that the head man brought that which the white masters awaited." Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Son of Tarzan, 1915, p. 40. Askari is used 3 times in this book.
• "Fortunately there were at Lamu at this time a part of Wakwafi Askari (soldiers)." Henry Rider Haggard, Allan Quatermain, 1985.