noun, masculine/lanskeˈnete/plural: lansquenetes
lansquenet (one of a class of German mercenary of the 16th and 17th centuries)
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old High German lant Middle High German lant German Lands German Knecht German Landsknechtbor. French lansquenetbor. Spanish lansquenete Borrowed from French lansquenet.