Meanings
nounlance-jack (plural lance-jacks)
plural lance-jacks
- UKslanggovernmentA lance-corporal or lance-bombadier.
They made him a lance-jack; but it was only because they wanted somebody tall at the end of the front rank to fix bayonets by.
1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 44
Cite this entry
APA
lance-jack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lance-jack
MLA
“lance-jack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lance-jack. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lance-jack,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lance-jack.
Source: lance-jack on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.