LANSQUENET

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

A game at cards, vulgarly called lambskinnet. [They play] their little game of lansquenet. Longfellow.


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