lansquenet

[ lans-kuh-net ]

noun

1. landsknecht.

lansquenet

/ ˈlænskəˌnɛt /

noun

1. a gambling game of chance
2. an archaic spelling of landsknecht

Word History and Origins

Origin of lansquenet¹

< French < German Landsknecht

Word History and Origins

Origin of lansquenet¹

from French

Example Sentences

The new book: Vianne and her magical daughter Rosette are well settled in Lansquenet, the place that once rejected them.

From BBC

Credentials: Harris is best known for captivating hearts with her 1999 novel Chocolat, the story of Vianne Rocher, who opens an unusual chocolate shop in the sleepy French village of Lansquenet.

From BBC

Here tables were laid out for every sort of game that was then in fashion, from billiards to lansquenet; and the King took especial pains to make it particularly known to every person at his court, that it was not only his wish, but his especial command, if any man found any thing wanting, or required any thing whatever for his amusement or pleasure in the apartments, that he was to order some of the attendants to bring it.

From Project Gutenberg

He paused to speak for a moment with several persons as he passed, stood at the lansquenet table where his brother and his son were seated, dropped an occasional word, always graceful and agreeable, at two or three of the other tables, and then paused for a moment and looked up and down the rooms, evidently feeling himself, what his whole people believed him to be, the greatest monarch that ever trod the earth.

From Project Gutenberg

Wilding, across the room, beckoned to Richard, and on his approach, dragged him to the card-room to play at lansquenet with March, Selwyn and himself.

From Project Gutenberg