• (British) IPA: /ˈlɑːnskəˌnɛt/, /ˈlanskəˌnɛt/
• (America) IPA: /ˌlænskəˈnɛt/

lansquenet

1. (countable, historical) Any of a class of German mercenaries of the 15th and 16th centuries, most of whom were pikemen and foot soldiers.
   • 1999, Mike Mitchell, translating HJC von Grimmelshausen, Simplicissimus, Dedalus 2016, p. 52:

     Ruthless killing, wanton strife / Add up to a lanzknecht’s life.

   • 2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador 2014, p. 55:

     I have never really been outdoorsy enough to make a mercenary landsknecht, although their immense two-handed swords, flowing moustaches and puffed-silk slashed sleeves take some beating.

2. (uncountable) A card game, used for gambling.
   • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter I, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 731476803 ↗:

     “I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”.

• French: lansquenet
• German: Landsknecht
• Italian: lanzichenecco
• Portuguese: lansquenete, (Portugal) lansquené, (Brazil) lansquenê
• Russian: ландскне́хт
• Spanish: lansquenete

• French: lansquenet
• German: Landsknecht, Lansquenet
• Italian: zecchinetta, zecchinetto, lanzichenecco