Hanseatic

[ han-see-at-ik ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the Hanseatic League or to any of the towns belonging to it.

noun

1. any of the towns belonging to the Hanseatic League.

Hanseatic

/ ˌhænsɪˈætɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Hanseatic League

noun

1. a member of the Hanseatic League

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hanseatic¹

1605–15; < Medieval Latin Hanseāticus, equivalent to hanse (< Middle Low German; Hansa ) + -āt- -ate ¹ + -icus -ic

Example Sentences

But the chief offenders in defying Napoleon's chimerical policy were the Dutch and Hanseatic cities.

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If England would withdraw the orders in council of 1807, he would evacuate Holland and the Hanseatic towns.

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It ultimately included more than eighty cities and became one of the greatest commercial powers in Europe (see Hanseatic League).

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The Danes took innumerable prizes and crippled the commerce of the Hanseatic cities.

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The Hanseatic League had long been offended at their overweening pride; and it now left them and removed its factory to Antwerp.

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