Etymology

lansquenet

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Today it means: Any of a class of German mercenaries of the 15th and 16th centuries, most of whom were pikemen and foot soldiers. Full definition →

French lansquenet ← German Landsknecht
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  1. German · derived fromLandsknecht
  2. French · borrowed fromlansquenet
  3. English todaylansquenet

Borrowed from French lansquenet, from German Landsknecht, from Lands (“of the land”) + Knecht (“servant”). Doublet of Landsknecht.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.