Etymology

lancer

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Today it means: A cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon. Full definition →

French lancier
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  1. French · borrowed fromlancier
  2. French · borrowed fromlancier
  3. English todaylancer

Borrowed from French lancier (“lancer”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.