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HANSES
Noun
hanses
plural of hanse
Anagrams
• Hassen, Sheans, ashens
Noun
Hanses
plural of Hanse
(historical) The Hanseatic cities or members taken collectively.
Anagrams
• Hassen, Sheans, ashens
Source: Wiktionary
HANSE
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, LĆ¼beck, Hamburg, and Bremen, are free cities, and are still frequently called Hanse towns.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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