Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A cavalryman armed with a lance.
- n. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances.
- n. A kind of quadrille.
- n. The music for this dance.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who carries a lance; a soldier armed with a lance. There are regiments of lancers in most of the great armies of Europe; they are generally considered as light cavalry. These lancer regiments are known by different names. See Uhlan, Cossack.
- n. One who lances.
- n. A lancet.
- n. plural A popular set of quadrilles, first used in England about 1820. Also lanciers.
- n. Music for such a set of dances.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who lances; one who carries a lance; especially, a member of a mounted body of men armed with lances, attached to the cavalry service of some nations.
- n. obsolete A lancet.
- n. (Dancing) A set of quadrilles of a certain arrangement.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance
Etymologies
- French lancier, from Old French, maker of lances, from lance, lance; see lance. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“But no matter the rumors, he was known as a lancer of surpassing skill and surpassing power, and no Knight wanted to draw his lot when the tournament began.”
“Smoldering beneath the pleasant exterior and the uniform of a lancer is a magus - or a lancer with the power of a second-level adept.”
“At Hulagur's call the lancer rode up to the waiting Apache, stretched out a booted foot in the heavy stirrup, and held down a hand to bring”
“In any Polish dictionary they would have found the word defined as meaning "lancer," and the Uhlans in the Austrian army can hardly be described as modern”
“I'm only commenting because word verification came up as, no shit, 'lancer'.”
“The differences between a member of the BSO and a talented free-lancer are very important.”
“Simply drawn rape or bloody lancer slitting action with fountains of blood, i dont see a difference.”
“We enjoyed the spirit and verve of Andrew Cuomo's speech: the young lancer laying out the problem and part of his plan if there be a plan; the Albany veterans, expressing verbal support and encouragement, the infighting necessarily left for another day and a place outside public view.”
“I taught college courses in Economics and Political Science (I've a Ph. D) and I've written as a free-lancer for various publications.”
“Earnings vary, depending on whether you are employed by a company, a studio or as a free-lancer.”
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