lansquenet
lansquenet
noun lahn-skuh-NEH Rare
Origin: German Landsknecht (land servant, mercenary soldier)
Also means
card game
Usage Note
Lansquenet refers both to a German mercenary foot soldier of the 15th–16th centuries and to the gambling card game they popularised; today the word is mainly historical or literary. It is rarely pluralised in modern use.
Examples
"Le lansquenet portait une longue hallebarde."
Natural Translation
The lansquenet carried a long halberd.
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