askari
noun/əˈskɑːri/
/əˈskɑːri/
East African English [aˈskari]
(East African English)- a person who is employed to guard a building, valuable things, etc.; a security guardWord Originlate 19th cent.: from Arabic ‘askarī ‘soldier’.
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