lansquenet

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: lans=que=net

CIDE DICTIONARY

lansquenet, 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.].

•  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]
•  A game at cards, vulgarly called lambskinnet.  [1913 Webster]

  "[They play] their little game of lansquenet."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

lansquenet, n.
1 a card-game of German origin.
2 a German mercenary soldier in the 16th-17th c.

Etymology

F f. G Landsknecht (as LAND, Knecht soldier f. OHG kneht: see KNIGHT)