demi-lancen.

/ˈdɛmɪlɑːns/

/ˈdɛmɪlans/

Forms: Middle English demye launce, 1500s demylaunce, demelaunce, demilaunce, dimilaunce, dimilance, 1500s–1600s demylance, 1500s–1700s demilance, 1500s–1600s demilaunce, 1500s–1800s demi-lance.

Etymology: < French demie lance (15th cent. in Littré): compare demi- prefix 3.

1. A lance with short shaft, used in the 15th and 16th centuries.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > small spear or lance

lancetc1420

demi-lance1490

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxii. 487 Charlemagn..helde a demye launce in hys hande.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 420/2 Who in the way strooke, the Lord Gilbert Humsard such a blow with his demilaunce, that he feld both him and his horse to the ground.

a1600 T. Deloney Pleasant Hist. Iohn Winchcomb (1619) ii. sig. Div Fiftie tall men..Demilances in their hands.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 430 Light demi-Launces from afar they throw, Fasten'd with Leathern Thongs to gaul the Foe.

1873 C. M. Yonge Cameos cxv, in Monthly Packet May 454 He..struck him such a blow with his demi-lance as to unhorse him.

attributive.1658 J. Burbury tr. G. Gualdo Priorato Hist. Christina Queen of Swedland 358 His Holinesse likewise ordered that five of his demy-lance men should every day wait by turns on her Majesty.

2. A light horseman armed with a demilance. In the literal sense, obsolete by 1600, except as historical; in 17th cent. often used humorously like ‘cavalier’.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > spear or lance

spearc1275

spearman1297

lance-knight1530

demi-lancer1552

demi-lancea1556

spearer1574

lance-man1589

lancer1590

javelineer1600

javelotier1600

lance1602

spearsman1836

javelin-man1846

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > light-armed

hobblerc1308

prickera1350

genetorc1440

stradiotc1515

light horse1524

hussar1532

light horseman1544

demi-lancer1552

demi-lancea1556

estradiot1577

argoletier1579

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Cossack1587

jennet1676

hobbler-archer1786

a1556 T. Cranmer Let. 22 Apr. in M. Burrows Worthies All Souls (1874) v. 65 To send up one demy-launce well furnished.

c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 56 V^m fute men and xviij^c lycht horsemen and dimilances.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxi. 760/2 Nineteen Knights, six hundred demi-Lances.

1631 J. Shirley Loves Crueltie iii. ii Be not angry, demi-lance.

a1754 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. (1755) IV. 55 The forces under his command consisting of 600 demilances, 200 archers on horsebacke, 3000 on foot.

1849 J. Grant Mem. Kirkaldy ix. 82 Kirkaldy with his troop of demi-lances accompanied this column of the army.

Derivatives

demi-ˈlancer n. = 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > spear or lance

spearc1275

spearman1297

lance-knight1530

demi-lancer1552

demi-lancea1556

spearer1574

lance-man1589

lancer1590

javelineer1600

javelotier1600

lance1602

spearsman1836

javelin-man1846

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > light-armed

hobblerc1308

prickera1350

genetorc1440

stradiotc1515

light horse1524

hussar1532

light horseman1544

demi-lancer1552

demi-lancea1556

estradiot1577

argoletier1579

argoletc1580

Cossack1587

jennet1676

hobbler-archer1786

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Dimilauncer or bearer of a dimilaunce, lancearius.

1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 40 The second Troope of Horse were called Launciers or Demi~launciers.

1767 J. Entick Hist. London I. 452 A large body of demi-lancers in bright armour.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	demi-lance
释义	demi-lancen. /ˈdɛmɪlɑːns//ˈdɛmɪlans/ Forms: Middle English demye launce, 1500s demylaunce, demelaunce, demilaunce, dimilaunce, dimilance, 1500s–1600s demylance, 1500s–1700s demilance, 1500s–1600s demilaunce, 1500s–1800s demi-lance. Etymology: < French demie lance (15th cent. in Littré): compare demi- prefix 3. 1. A lance with short shaft, used in the 15th and 16th centuries. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > small spear or lance lancetc1420 demi-lance1490 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxii. 487 Charlemagn..helde a demye launce in hys hande. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 420/2 Who in the way strooke, the Lord Gilbert Humsard such a blow with his demilaunce, that he feld both him and his horse to the ground. a1600 T. Deloney Pleasant Hist. Iohn Winchcomb (1619) ii. sig. Div Fiftie tall men..Demilances in their hands. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 430 Light demi-Launces from afar they throw, Fasten'd with Leathern Thongs to gaul the Foe. 1873 C. M. Yonge Cameos cxv, in Monthly Packet May 454 He..struck him such a blow with his demi-lance as to unhorse him. attributive.1658 J. Burbury tr. G. Gualdo Priorato Hist. Christina Queen of Swedland 358 His Holinesse likewise ordered that five of his demy-lance men should every day wait by turns on her Majesty. 2. A light horseman armed with a demilance. In the literal sense, obsolete by 1600, except as historical; in 17th cent. often used humorously like ‘cavalier’. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > spear or lance spearc1275 spearman1297 lance-knight1530 demi-lancer1552 demi-lancea1556 spearer1574 lance-man1589 lancer1590 javelineer1600 javelotier1600 lance1602 spearsman1836 javelin-man1846 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > light-armed hobblerc1308 prickera1350 genetorc1440 stradiotc1515 light horse1524 hussar1532 light horseman1544 demi-lancer1552 demi-lancea1556 estradiot1577 argoletier1579 argoletc1580 Cossack1587 jennet1676 hobbler-archer1786 a1556 T. Cranmer Let. 22 Apr. in M. Burrows Worthies All Souls (1874) v. 65 To send up one demy-launce well furnished. c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 56 V^m fute men and xviij^c lycht horsemen and dimilances. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxi. 760/2 Nineteen Knights, six hundred demi-Lances. 1631 J. Shirley Loves Crueltie iii. ii Be not angry, demi-lance. a1754 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. (1755) IV. 55 The forces under his command consisting of 600 demilances, 200 archers on horsebacke, 3000 on foot. 1849 J. Grant Mem. Kirkaldy ix. 82 Kirkaldy with his troop of demi-lances accompanied this column of the army. Derivatives demi-ˈlancer n. = 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > spear or lance spearc1275 spearman1297 lance-knight1530 demi-lancer1552 demi-lancea1556 spearer1574 lance-man1589 lancer1590 javelineer1600 javelotier1600 lance1602 spearsman1836 javelin-man1846 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > light-armed hobblerc1308 prickera1350 genetorc1440 stradiotc1515 light horse1524 hussar1532 light horseman1544 demi-lancer1552 demi-lancea1556 estradiot1577 argoletier1579 argoletc1580 Cossack1587 jennet1676 hobbler-archer1786 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Dimilauncer or bearer of a dimilaunce, lancearius. 1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 40 The second Troope of Horse were called Launciers or Demi~launciers. 1767 J. Entick Hist. London I. 452 A large body of demi-lancers in bright armour. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1490
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