LANDSKNECHT


Meaning of LANDSKNECHT in English

[ 'lan(d)sknɛkt ]

■ noun a member of a class of mercenary soldiers in the German and other continental armies in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Origin

from Ger. Landsknecht , lit. 'soldier of the land'.

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