Found 3 hits - Term: hanseatic league, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hanse \hanse\, n. g. hanse, or f. hanse from german, ohg.
goth. hansa; akin to as. h=os band, troop.
an association; a league or confederacy.
1913 webster
hanse towns hist., certain commercial cities in germany
which associated themselves for the protection and
enlarging of their commerce. the confederacy, called also
hansa and hanseatic league, held its first diet in
1260, and was maintained for nearly four hundred years. at
one time the league comprised eighty-five cities. its
remnants, l"ubeck, hamburg, and bremen, are free
cities, and are still frequently called hanse towns.
1913 webster
see also:
hanse towns hansa hanseatic league free cities
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hanseatic \han`seat"ic\ ha^n`s-ea^t"i^k, a.
pertaining to the hanse towns, or to their confederacy.
1913 webster
hanseatic league. see under 2d hanse.
1913 webster
see also:
hanseatic league hanse
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
hanseatic league
n : a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in
northern germany and surrounding areas; formed in the
13th century and most powerful in the 14th century
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Hanseatic, definition of term: Hanseatic
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League, definition of term: League
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