Definitions For Lansquenet

Noun

LANSQUENET. (countable and uncountable, plural LANSQUENETs) (countable, historical) Any of a class of german mercenary, mercenaries of the 15th and 16th centuries, most of whom were pikeman, pikemen and foot soldiers. }} (uncountable) A card game, used for gambling. }} }}

Translations

Arabic: لَانْدْسْكْنِيشْت, m Catalan: lansquenet, m Chinese: : Mandarin: 國土傭僕}}, {{t, cmn, 国土佣仆 (guótǔ yōngpú) Czech: lancknecht, m Danish: landsknægt, c Dutch: landsknecht, m, lansknecht, m Finnish: landsknecht French: lansquenet, m Georgian: ლანდსკნეხტი German: Landsknecht, m Greek: Λάντσκνεχτ, m Hebrew: לָאנְדְסְקְנֶכְט, m (landsknékht) Italian: lanzichenecco, m Japanese: ランツクネヒト (rantsukunehito) Korean: 란츠크네히트 Latin: Landsknectus, m Lithuanian: landsknechtas, m Norwegian: landsknekt, m Persian: نبردپیشه (nabardpiše) Polish: lancknecht, m, landsknecht, m Portuguese: lansquenete, m, {{qualifier, Portugal}} lansquené, m, {{qualifier, Brazil}} lansquenê, m Russian: ландскне́хт, m Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: ландскнехт, m : Roman: landsknext, m Spanish: lansquenete, m Swedish: landsknekt, c Uzbek: landsknext Vietnamese: lencơnet West Frisian: lânsfeint Finnish: lansquenet French: lansquenet, m German: Landsknecht, m, Lansquenet, m Italian: zecchinetta, f, zecchinetto, m, lanzichenecco, m Polish: lancknecht, m

Alternative forms

{{alter, en, lambskinnet, , obsolete, card game}} {{alter, en, Landsknecht, landsknecht, lanzknecht}} {{alter, en, lansquenette, , card game}}

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, fr, lansquenet}}, from {{der, en, de, Landsknecht}}, from Land, Lands, of the land + Knecht, , servant. {{doublet, en, Landsknecht}}.