Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of a class of mercenary foot-soldiers or pikemen who in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries formed a large proportion of both the German and French armies.
- noun A game at cards. It is played by an unlimited number of persons against a banker, with one or more packs of cards. Bets laid on cards as they are dealt go to the banker or to the players according as these cards match with others considered as belonging to one side or the other. The game admits of much trickery.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A German foot soldier in foreign service in the 15th and 16th centuries; a soldier of fortune; -- a term used in France and Western Europe.
- noun A game at cards, vulgarly called
lambskinnet .
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- noun historical Any of a class of German
mercenaries in the 16th and 17th centuries. - noun A
card game , used forgambling .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Monsieur, who had returned to 'lansquenet', seemed overwhelmed with shame, and his son appeared in despair; and the bride-elect was marvellously embarrassed and sad.
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In the first place there was some music; then tables were placed all about for all kinds of gambling; there was a 'lansquenet'; at which Monsieur and Monseigneur always played; also
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Monseigneur and Monsieur, who were already playing at 'lansquenet';
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Monsieur, who had returned to 'lansquenet', seemed overwhelmed with shame, and his son appeared in despair; and the bride-elect was marvellously embarrassed and sad.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 01 Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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Monsieur, who had returned to 'lansquenet', seemed overwhelmed with shame, and his son appeared in despair; and the bride-elect was marvellously embarrassed and sad.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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In the first place there was some music; then tables were placed all about for all kinds of gambling; there was a 'lansquenet'; at which Monsieur and Monseigneur always played; also
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 01 Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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Monseigneur and Monsieur, who were already playing at 'lansquenet';
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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In the first place there was some music; then tables were placed all about for all kinds of gambling; there was a 'lansquenet'; at which Monsieur and Monseigneur always played; also
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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Monseigneur and Monsieur, who were already playing at 'lansquenet';
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 01 Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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At six o'clock a drawing-room was held, games of lansquenet, and a state dinner.
Marie-Antoinette's Wedding elena maria vidal 2009
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