Definition of "lansquenet"
noun
countable and uncountable, plural lansquenets
(countable, historical) Any of a class of German mercenaries of the 15th and 16th centuries, most of whom were pikemen and foot soldiers.
Quotations
[…] arising out of this festival there was established an individual lansquenet tradition, in speech and outward appearance, and the bare, sunburnt necks of the vagabond soldiers, their baggy garments hanging in shreds, and their short swords, could be seen all over the country for long afterwards.
1855, Gottfried Keller, translated by A.M. Holt, Green Henry, Calder Publications, published 1960, page 440