lansquenette

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A form of lansquenet — Any of a class of German mercenaries of the 15th and 16th centuries, most of whom were pikemen and foot soldiers.

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Meanings

nounlansquenette (countable and uncountable, plural lansquenettes)

plural lansquenettes

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of lansquenet.

    All these preliminaries being satisfactorily settled, without more ado she took her seat at the card-table, and was soon deeply lost in the anxieties of lansquenette.

    1841, The Metropolitan Magazine, volume 31, page 100
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APA

lansquenette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lansquenette

MLA

“lansquenette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lansquenette. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lansquenette,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lansquenette.

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