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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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8 words match “HANSE”

HANSE n. 2 definitions
An association; a league or confederacy. Hanse towns (Hist.), certain commercial cities in Germany which associated themselves for the protection and enlarging of their commerce. The confederacy, called also Hansa and Hanseatic league, held its first diet in 1260, and was maintained for nearly four hundred years. At on…
HANSEATIC a.
Pertaining to the Hanse towns, or to their confederacy. Hanseatic league. See under 2d Hanse.
HANSEL n.
See Handsel.
HANSELINES n.
A sort of breeches. [Obs..] Chaucer.
FREE a.
wn, a city or town independent in its government and franchises, as formerly those of the Hanseatic league. -- Free cost, freedom from charges or expenses. South. -- Free and easy, unconventional; unrestrained; regardless of formalities. [Colloq.] "Sal and her free and easy ways." W. Black. -- Free goods, goods admi…
HANCE; HANCH n.
See Hanse.
HANSA n.
See 2d Hanse.
HANSARD n.
A merchant of one of the Hanse towns. See the Note under 2d Hanse.