lansquenetn.

Brit.

/ˈlɑːnskənɛt/,

/ˈlanskənɛt/, U.S.

/ˌlænskəˈnɛt/

Forms: 1600s lancequene(n)t, lansquenight, 1600s–1700s lanskenet, 1700s landsquenet, (sense 2 only, lamb-skin-it, lambskinnet), 1600s, 1800s lansquenett(e, 1800s (sense 2) lansquinnet, 1600s– lansquenet. β. (sense 1 only) 1800s– (now usual) landsknecht, 1800s lanzknecht. See also lance-knight n.

Etymology: < French lansquenet, < German landsknecht lit. servant of the country, < lands (genitive) country + knecht servant. The German word was at an early date miswritten lanzknecht, as if < lanz lance.

1. Historical. One of a class of mercenary soldiers in the German and other continental armies in the 16th and 17th centuries.Originally applied to the serfs brought into the field by the nobles within the territories of the Empire, in contradistinction to the Swiss mercenaries. Subsequently this distinction became obsolete, and the designation seems to have connoted a particular kind of equipment, of which a lance was part.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > mercenary

wagerc1420

knight wager1513

mercenary1523

lance-knight1530

suddart1542

hireling1547

adventurer1548

venturer1572

lansquenet1577

warmonger1590

mercenarian1598

passe-volant1617

provantman1659

soldier of fortune1661

privateer1676

routier1683

bravo1761

stipendiary1768

free companion1804

freelance1819

free-rider1821

freelancer1854

merchant of death1934

merc1967

1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1637/1 They prouided the best they coulde to repulse them, appoynting foure Venlyns or ensygnes of Lansquenets to keepe a standing watch that night in the trenches.

1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. G2^v Our Lansquenight of Lowe-Germanie.

1608 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Serres Gen. Inventorie Hist. France (1611) 662 Christopher..brought ten thousand Lansquenets to passe the Alpes.

1622 A. Court Constancie i. 8 Certaine Women..cryed out,..That the Lanskenets had eaten vp Children.

1726–31 N. Tindal tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras Hist. Eng. (1743) II. xvii. 138 Ten thousand Switzers, two thousand Landsquenets.

1824 Ld. Byron Deformed Transformed i. ii From some Stray bullet of our lansquenets.

1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) I. 235 In the year 1513, the authorities hesitated to punish some deserters from the Landsknechts.

1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic I. ii. ii. 319 Some were disguised as hussars, some as miners, some as lansquenettes.

1884 Contemp. Rev. June 818 He gave up entire communes to be pillaged by the lansquenets.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 521/1 The Landsknecht was the prototype of the infantryman of the 16th and 17th centuries.

1936 Burlington Mag. June 294/1 Among the daggers is an elaborate landsknecht one in its sheath.

1944 W. H. Auden Sea & Mirror iii. 56 Our moth-eaten..stock costumes which with only a change of hat and re-arrangement of safety-pins, had to do for the landsknecht and the Parisian art-student.

1959 Chambers's Encycl. I. 610 (caption) Landsknecht sword, first half 16th century.

β. In the incorrect German form lanzknecht.1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. 240 If..his German lanzknechts had stormed the Holy City.

2. A card game, of German origin.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > others

laugh and lie down1522

mack1548

decoyc1555

pinionc1557

to beat the knave out of doors1570

imperial1577

prima vista1587

loadum1591

flush1598

prime1598

thirty-perforce1599

gresco1605

hole1621

my sow's pigged1621

slam1621

fox-mine-host1622

whipperginnie1622

crimpa1637

hundred1636

pinache1641

sequence1653

lady's hole1658

quebas1668

art of memory1674

costly colours1674

penneech1674

plain dealing1674

wit and reason1680

comet1685

lansquenet1687

incertain1689

macham1689

uptails1694

quinze1714

hoc1730

commerce1732

matrimonya1743

tredrille1764

Tom come tickle me1769

tresette1785

snitch'ems1798

tontine1798

blind hazard1816

all fives1838

short cards1845

blind hookey1852

sixty-six1857

skin the lamb1864

brisque1870

handicap1870

manille1874

forty-five1875

slobberhannes1877

fifteen1884

Black Maria1885

slapjack1887

seven-and-a-half1895

pit1904

Russian Bank1915

red dog1919

fan-tan1923

Pelmanism1923

Slippery Sam1923

go fish1933

Russian Banker1937

racing demon1938

pit-a-pat1947

scopa1965

1687 London Gaz. No. 2263/3 Strictly forbidding all Persons..to use or allow any Gaming in their Houses, more particularly the Games of Hoca, Bassett, or Lansquenett.

1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 204 We play'd at Lanskenet.

1735 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Lamb Skin-it, a certain Game at Cards.

1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide ix. iv. 63 And to play I bid adieu, Hazard, Lansquenet, and Loo, Fairest nymph to dance with you.

1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xli He dines at White's ordinary, and sits down to Macco and lansquenet afterwards.

1885 M. Collins Prettiest Woman in Warsaw I. vi. 100 Each day she dreaded to hear that he had lost everything at lansquenet.

1917 H. H. Richardson Fortunes Richard Mahony I. 9 Even the ‘shepherds’ beguiled the time with euchre and ‘lambskinnet’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lansquenet
释义	lansquenetn. Brit. /ˈlɑːnskənɛt/, /ˈlanskənɛt/, U.S. /ˌlænskəˈnɛt/ Forms: 1600s lancequene(n)t, lansquenight, 1600s–1700s lanskenet, 1700s landsquenet, (sense 2 only, lamb-skin-it, lambskinnet), 1600s, 1800s lansquenett(e, 1800s (sense 2) lansquinnet, 1600s– lansquenet. β. (sense 1 only) 1800s– (now usual) landsknecht, 1800s lanzknecht. See also lance-knight n. Etymology: < French lansquenet, < German landsknecht lit. servant of the country, < lands (genitive) country + knecht servant. The German word was at an early date miswritten lanzknecht, as if < lanz lance. 1. Historical. One of a class of mercenary soldiers in the German and other continental armies in the 16th and 17th centuries.Originally applied to the serfs brought into the field by the nobles within the territories of the Empire, in contradistinction to the Swiss mercenaries. Subsequently this distinction became obsolete, and the designation seems to have connoted a particular kind of equipment, of which a lance was part. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > mercenary wagerc1420 knight wager1513 mercenary1523 lance-knight1530 suddart1542 hireling1547 adventurer1548 venturer1572 lansquenet1577 warmonger1590 mercenarian1598 passe-volant1617 provantman1659 soldier of fortune1661 privateer1676 routier1683 bravo1761 stipendiary1768 free companion1804 freelance1819 free-rider1821 freelancer1854 merchant of death1934 merc1967 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1637/1 They prouided the best they coulde to repulse them, appoynting foure Venlyns or ensygnes of Lansquenets to keepe a standing watch that night in the trenches. 1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. G2^v Our Lansquenight of Lowe-Germanie. 1608 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Serres Gen. Inventorie Hist. France (1611) 662 Christopher..brought ten thousand Lansquenets to passe the Alpes. 1622 A. Court Constancie i. 8 Certaine Women..cryed out,..That the Lanskenets had eaten vp Children. 1726–31 N. Tindal tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras Hist. Eng. (1743) II. xvii. 138 Ten thousand Switzers, two thousand Landsquenets. 1824 Ld. Byron Deformed Transformed i. ii From some Stray bullet of our lansquenets. 1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) I. 235 In the year 1513, the authorities hesitated to punish some deserters from the Landsknechts. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic I. ii. ii. 319 Some were disguised as hussars, some as miners, some as lansquenettes. 1884 Contemp. Rev. June 818 He gave up entire communes to be pillaged by the lansquenets. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 521/1 The Landsknecht was the prototype of the infantryman of the 16th and 17th centuries. 1936 Burlington Mag. June 294/1 Among the daggers is an elaborate landsknecht one in its sheath. 1944 W. H. Auden Sea & Mirror iii. 56 Our moth-eaten..stock costumes which with only a change of hat and re-arrangement of safety-pins, had to do for the landsknecht and the Parisian art-student. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. I. 610 (caption) Landsknecht sword, first half 16th century. β. In the incorrect German form lanzknecht.1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. 240 If..his German lanzknechts had stormed the Holy City. 2. A card game, of German origin. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > others laugh and lie down1522 mack1548 decoyc1555 pinionc1557 to beat the knave out of doors1570 imperial1577 prima vista1587 loadum1591 flush1598 prime1598 thirty-perforce1599 gresco1605 hole1621 my sow's pigged1621 slam1621 fox-mine-host1622 whipperginnie1622 crimpa1637 hundred1636 pinache1641 sequence1653 lady's hole1658 quebas1668 art of memory1674 costly colours1674 penneech1674 plain dealing1674 wit and reason1680 comet1685 lansquenet1687 incertain1689 macham1689 uptails1694 quinze1714 hoc1730 commerce1732 matrimonya1743 tredrille1764 Tom come tickle me1769 tresette1785 snitch'ems1798 tontine1798 blind hazard1816 all fives1838 short cards1845 blind hookey1852 sixty-six1857 skin the lamb1864 brisque1870 handicap1870 manille1874 forty-five1875 slobberhannes1877 fifteen1884 Black Maria1885 slapjack1887 seven-and-a-half1895 pit1904 Russian Bank1915 red dog1919 fan-tan1923 Pelmanism1923 Slippery Sam1923 go fish1933 Russian Banker1937 racing demon1938 pit-a-pat1947 scopa1965 1687 London Gaz. No. 2263/3 Strictly forbidding all Persons..to use or allow any Gaming in their Houses, more particularly the Games of Hoca, Bassett, or Lansquenett. 1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 204 We play'd at Lanskenet. 1735 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Lamb Skin-it, a certain Game at Cards. 1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide ix. iv. 63 And to play I bid adieu, Hazard, Lansquenet, and Loo, Fairest nymph to dance with you. 1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xli He dines at White's ordinary, and sits down to Macco and lansquenet afterwards. 1885 M. Collins Prettiest Woman in Warsaw I. vi. 100 Each day she dreaded to hear that he had lost everything at lansquenet. 1917 H. H. Richardson Fortunes Richard Mahony I. 9 Even the ‘shepherds’ beguiled the time with euchre and ‘lambskinnet’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1577
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