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Wiktionary

  1. lansquenetnoun

    Any of a class of German mercenaries in the 16th and 17th centuries.

  2. lansquenetnoun

    A card game, used for gambling.

  3. Etymology: From lansquenet, from Landsknecht, from Land + Knecht.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Lansquenetnoun

    Etymology: lance and knecht, Dutch.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lansquenetnoun

    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. Lansquenetnoun

    a game at cards, vulgarly called lambskinnet

  3. Etymology: [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.]

Wikidata

  1. Lansquenet

    Lansquenet is a card game. Lansquenet also refers to 15th and 16th century German foot soldiers; the lansquenet drum is a type of field drum used by these soldiers.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Lansquenet

    lans′ke-net, n. a 16th-17th cent. mercenary pikeman: a game at cards. [Fr.,—Ger. landsknechtland, country, knecht, a soldier.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. lansquenet

    A German foot-soldier; originally one of the serfs who followed the camp in the service of the common soldiers; afterward one of the independent troops who hired themselves to those willing to pay highest for their services.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lansquenet in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lansquenet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2


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