Läns'que-nĕt, n.

(läns'ke-nĕt), n. [Fr. lansquenet, Sp. lansquenete, It. lanzichenecco, Ger. landsknecht, a foot-soldier, and a game of cards introduced by these foot-soldiers, from land, country, and knecht, boy, servant. See KNIGHT.]

1. A German foot-soldier; originally, one of the serfs who followed the camp in the service of the common soldiers; afterward, one of the independent troops who hired themselves to those willing to pay highest for their services.
2. A game at cards, vulgarly called lambskinnet.