Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

landsknecht

American  
[lahnts-knekht] / ˈlɑntsˌknɛxt /

noun

  1. a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd.

landsknecht British  
/ ˈlæntskəˌnɛkt /

noun

  1. a mercenary foot soldier in late 15th-, 16th-, and 17th-century Europe, esp a German pikeman

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of landsknecht

From German; land, 's 1, knight

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.