Lancer

noun

noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon.
  2. 2
    (formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of various Asian hesperiid butterflies of the genus Plastingia.
  4. 4
    One who lances something.

    "The evolutional descendants of those early shavers of beards and lancers of boils have made good (and, perhaps, nearly exclusive) use of the title […]"

Synonyms

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cavalrymancuirassierdragoonhussarlancemanlancier

Example

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"The evolutional descendants of those early shavers of beards and lancers of boils have made good (and, perhaps, nearly exclusive) use of the title […]"

Etymology

From French lancier (“lancer”).

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