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LANSQUENETS
Noun
lansquenets
plural of lansquenet
Source: Wiktionary
LANSQUENET
Lans"que*net, n. Etym: [F., fr. G. landsknecht a foot soldier, also a game of cards introduced by these foot soldiers; land country + knecht boy, servant. See Land, and Knight.]
1. 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.
2. A game at cards, vulgarly called lambskinnet. [They play] their little game of lansquenet. Longfellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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