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Serang

[ se-rahng ]

noun



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There were eleven of them in all, with a boss or bo's'n or serang, call him what you will—there he is!'

The natives are Sundanese, except in the northern or Serang division, where they are Javanese.

The troops from Serang arrived in time to find the body of the Resident's wife still heaving with the action of breathing.

Serang, se-rang′, n. the skipper of a small East Indian vessel, the boatswain of a lascar crew.

This “serang” had to be a first-class diver himself, and had also to be acquainted with the manoeuvring of a small boat.

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