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Definition of Lansquenet

Lansquenet
Lansquenet Lans"que*net, n. [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.

Meaning of Lansquenet from wikipedia

- Lansquenet is a banking game pla**** with cards, named after the French spelling of the German word Landsknecht ('servant of the land or country'), which...
- Vianne Rocher, a young single mother, who arrives in the French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes at the beginning of Lent with her six-year-old daughter, Anouk...
- named Lansquenet: French destroyer Lansquenet (1909), a Spahi-class destroyer launched in 1909 and struck in 1928 French destroyer Lansquenet (1939)...
- Landsknecht, pronounced [ˈlantsknɛçt]), also rendered as Landsknechts or Lansquenets, were German mercenaries used in pike and shot formations during the...
- family: his brother Timothy Abernethie and his wife Maud; his sister Cora Lansquenet; his nephew George Crossfield; his first niece Rosamund Shane, and her...
- pla**** by Juliette Binoche, who arrives in the fictional French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes at the beginning of Lent with her six-year-old daughter, Anouk...
- gambling game using cards. It is descended from B****et, and belongs to the Lansquenet and Monte Bank family of games due to the use of a banker and several...
- made little effort to finish the repairs. They did attempt to complete Lansquenet, but were unsuccessful before the end of the war. The three ships in Italy...
- (Sküs XXI-IIII + I ♠♣ KQCJT ♥♦ KQCJA) packs: Bestia (I) Briscola (I) Lansquenet (I) L'Hombre (Sp) Mus (Sp) Primero (I or Sp) Quadrille (Sp) Scopa (I)...
- believes that she may have found peace. Then she receives a letter from Lansquenet-sous-Tannes from Armande Voizin. Armande died eight years ago; she had...