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, lansquené, m, 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

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Etymology

Borrowed from , from , from Land, Lands, of the land + Knecht, , servant. .