📚 noun • entry_id 34994
lansquenet
/ˈlɑːnskəˌnɛt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
lansquenete
Any of a class of German mercenaries of the 15th and 16th centuries, most of whom were pikemen and foot soldiers.
Ruthless killing, wanton strife / Add up to a lanzknecht’s life.
[…] arising out of this festival there was established an individual lansquenet tradition, in speech and outward appearance, and the bare, sunburnt necks of the vagabond soldiers,…
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