Lănçe-pe-sāde’, n.

n. [Fr. lance-pesade, lance-passade, lance-passade, lance-péçat, from It. lancia spezzata, a broken or demi-lance, a demi-lance man, a light horseman, body-guard.] An assistant to a corporal; a private performing the duties of a corporal;—called also lance-corporal.