lansquenet

[ lans-kuh-net ]

/ ˈlæns kəˌnɛt /

Origin of lansquenet

< French < German Landsknecht

The game at lansquenet was still going on in Madame Sidonie's room.

Bohemians of the Latin Quarter |Henry Murger
He had finished the night at his club, where lansquenet had been raging till long after sunrise.

Guy Livingstone; |George A. Lawrence
While Ruth had been washing the dog's wound, and the lansquenet talked of Ulrich, her tearful eyes met the father's.

A Word Only A Word, Complete |Georg Ebers
Sums were discussed, which even the winged imagination of the lansquenet could scarcely grasp.

A Word Only A Word, Complete |Georg Ebers

The French introduced rouge-et-noir, roulette, lansquenet, and vingt-et-un.

The Life of Bret Harte |Henry Childs Merwin

lansquenet

/ (ˈlænskəˌnɛt) /

a gambling game of chance

an archaic spelling of landsknecht

from French