Lansquenet

//ˌlænskəˈnɛt//

Synonyms for "lansquenet" (5 found)

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Translations

41 translations across 28 languages.

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Arabic

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  • لَانْدْسْكْنِيشْت noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)

Catalan

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  • lansquenet noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 國土傭僕 /国土佣仆 noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)

Czech

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  • lancknecht noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)

Danish

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  • landsknægt noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)

Dutch

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  • landsknecht noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)
  • lansknecht noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)

Finnish

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  • landsknecht noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)
  • lansquenet noun (gambling card game)

French

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  • lansquenet noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)
  • lansquenet noun (gambling card game)

Georgian

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  • ლანდსკნეხტი noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)

German

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  • Landsknecht noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)
  • Landsknecht noun (gambling card game)
  • Lansquenet noun (gambling card game)

Greek

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  • Λάντσκνεχτ noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)

Hebrew

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  • לָאנְדְסְקְנֶכְט noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)

Italian

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  • lanzichenecco noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)
  • lanzichenecco noun (gambling card game)
  • zecchinetta noun (gambling card game)
  • zecchinetto noun (gambling card game)

Japanese

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  • ランツクネヒト noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)

Korean

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  • 란츠크네히트 noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)

Latin

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  • Landsknectus noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)

Lithuanian

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  • landsknechtas noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)

Norwegian

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  • landsknekt noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)

Persian

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  • نبردپیشه noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)

Polish

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  • lancknecht noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)
  • lancknecht noun (gambling card game)
  • landsknecht noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)

Portuguese

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  • lansquenete noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)
  • lansquené noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)
  • lansquenê noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)

Russian

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  • ландскне́хт noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)

Serbo-Croatian

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  • landsknext noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)
  • ландскнехт noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)

Spanish

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  • lansquenete noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)

Swedish

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  • landsknekt noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)

Uzbek

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  • landsknext noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • lencơnet noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)

West-Frisian

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  • lânsfeint noun (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)

Sample sentences

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[…] arising out of this festival there was established an individual lansquenet tradition, in speech and outward appearance, and the bare, sunburnt necks of the vagabond soldiers, their baggy garments hanging in shreds, and their short swords, could be seen all over the country for long afterwards.

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Ruthless killing, wanton strife / Add up to a lanzknecht’s life.

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I have never really been outdoorsy enough to make a mercenary landsknecht, although their immense two-handed swords, flowing moustaches and puffed-silk slashed sleeves take some beating.

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“I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”.

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