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حَاسِرٌ حاسر A man having no مِغْفَر [or covering for the head, made of mail, &c.,] (S, K,) upon him; (S;) nor a coat of mail; (S, K;) contr. of دَارِعٌ; (Mgh;) nor a helmet upon his head; (TA;) contr. of مُقَنَّعٌ: (Mgh:) or having no جُنَّة [or defensive covering, &c.]: (K:) a man having no turban on his head: (TA:) a man having his head uncovered: (A:) pl. حُسَّرٌ, and pl. pl. حُسَّرُونَ; the latter a form used by one of the poets; the former pl. applied to foot-soldiers in war, because they uncover their arms and legs, or because they have not upon them coats of mail nor helmets; occurring in this sense in a trad. (TA.) Also, without ة, A woman who has taken off her shift from her person: (ISd, Msb, TA:) who has taken off her clothes from her person: who has uncovered her head and her fore arms: who has taken off her head-covering: and, with ة, a woman having her face uncovered: pl. حُسَّرٌ and حَوَاسِرُ. (TA.) ― -b2- اِبْنُوا المَسَاجِدَ حُسَّرًا in a trad. of 'Alee, means Build ye mosques, or oratories, with bare walls, with no شُرَف [or acroterial ornaments or crestings]. (TA.) -A2- See also حَسِيرٌ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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