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Lansquenet - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Lansquenet : \Lans"que*net\, n. [F., fr. G. landsknecht a foot
soldier, also a game of cards introduced by these foot
soldiers; land country _ knecht boy, servant. See Land, and
Knight.]
1. A German foot soldier in foreign service in the 15th and
16th centuries; a soldier of fortune; -- a term used in
France and Western Europe.
2. A game at cards, vulgarly called lambskinnet.
[They play] their little game of lansquenet.
--Longfellow.
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