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lansquenet

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Noun
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CIDE DICTIONARY

lansquenetn. [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.].
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A game at cards, vulgarly called lambskinnet.  [1913 Webster]
    "[They play] their little game of lansquenet."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

lansquenet, n.
1 a card-game of German origin.
2 a German mercenary soldier in the 16th-17th c.

Etymology
F f. G Landsknecht (as LAND, Knecht soldier f. OHG kneht: see KNIGHT)
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