[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lansquenet \lans"quenet\, n. f., fr. g. landsknecht a foot
   soldier, also a game of cards introduced by these foot
   soldiers; land country + knecht boy, servant. see land, and
   knight.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

   2. a game at cards, vulgarly called lambskinnet.
      1913 webster

            they play their little game of lansquenet.
                                                  --longfellow.
      1913 webster
see also:
land knight lambskinnet 

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