lansquenet noun. ['lɑ:nskǝnɛt, 'lans-] Also (in sense 1 now the usual form) landsknecht ['lan(d)sknɛkt]. E17.
[(French from) German Landsknecht, from genit. of Land LAND noun² + Knecht soldier. Cf. LANCE-KNIGHT.]
1. Hist. A member of a class of mercenary soldiers in the German and other Continental armies in the 16th and 17th cents. E17.

2. A gambling card-game of German origin. L17.

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