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lansquenet |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lansquenet \Lans"que*net\, n. [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}.] 1. 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. A game at cards, vulgarly called {lambskinnet}. [They play] their little game of lansquenet. --Longfellow.
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