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lansquenet

lansquenet

noun lahn-skuh-NEH Rare

Origin: German Landsknecht (land servant, mercenary soldier)

Also means

card game

Usage Note

Lansquenet refers both to a German mercenary foot soldier of the 15th–16th centuries and to the gambling card game they popularised; today the word is mainly historical or literary. It is rarely pluralised in modern use.

Examples

"Le lansquenet portait une longue hallebarde."

Natural Translation

The lansquenet carried a long halberd.

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