Lansquenet

[lænskәnet]

(n.) 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.

(n.) A game at cards, vulgarly called lambskinnet.

Typed by Bert

n. a 16th-17th cent. mercenary pikeman: a game at cards.

Inputed by Doris