HANSE

Etymology 1

Noun

hanse (plural hanses)

(historical) Alternative form of Hanse, a merchant guild or a former commercial league of German cities.

(historical) The guildhall of a Hanse.

(historical) A fee payable to the Hanse, particularly its entrance fee and the impost levied on non-members trading in its area.

Synonyms

• (merchant guild): See guild

• (Hanseatic League): See Hanseatic League

• (headquarters of a Hanse in a city): guildhall, hanse-house

• (fee paid to enter the Hanse): hansing, hansing-silver

• (any fee paid to the Hanse): hanse-penny, hanse-gild

Etymology 2

Noun

hanse (plural hanses)

(architecture) That part of an elliptical or many-centred arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost.

Anagrams

• Ehsan, Haens, Hanes, Sanhe, Shane, Shean, ashen, heans

Etymology

Noun

Hanse (plural Hanses)

(historical) A merchant guild, particularly the Fellowship of London Merchants (the "Old Hanse") given a monopoly on London's foreign trade by the Normans or its successor, the Company of Merchant Adventurers (the "New Hanse"), incorporated in 1497 and chartered under Henry VII and Elizabeth I.

(historical) The rights and privileges of such guilds, particularly their trade monopolies.

(historical) A commercial association of Scottish free burghs in the Middle Ages.

(historical) The Hanseatic League: a commercial association of German towns in the Middle Ages.

(historical) Alternative form of hanse, the fees payable to a Hanse or its guildhall.

Usage notes

In reference to the cities of the Hanseatic League taken collectively, used as "the Hanses".

Synonyms

• (merchant guild): See guild

• (league of German cities): See Hanseatic League

• (fees or residence): See hanse and guildhall

Anagrams

• Ehsan, Haens, Hanes, Sanhe, Shane, Shean, ashen, heans

Source: Wiktionary

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Hanse, n. Etym: [Cf. F. anse handle, anse de panier surbased arch, flat arch, vault, and E. haunch hip.] (Arch.)

Definition: That part of an elliptical or many-centered arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost.

Hanse, n. Etym: [G. hanse, or F. hanse (from German), OHG. & Goth. hansa; akin to AS. h band, troop.]

Definition: An association; a league or confederacy. Hanse towns (Hist.), certain commercial cities in Germany which associated themselves for the protection and enlarging of their commerce. The confederacy, called also Hansa and Hanseatic league, held its first diet in 1260, and was maintained for nearly four hundred years. At one time the league comprised eighty-five cities. Its remnants, Lübeck, Hamburg, and Bremen, are free cities, and are still frequently called Hanse towns.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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