Lancer meaning

lăn'sər
A cavalryman armed with a lance.
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A member of a regiment originally armed with lances.
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A cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
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A member of a cavalry regiment that was originally or traditionally armed with lances.
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(military) A cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon.
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Origin of lancer

  • French lancier from Old French maker of lances from lance lance lance
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Lancer Sentence Examples

  • Nevertheless Marignan was in the main the work of the gendarmerie, the last and greatest triumph of the armoured lancer; and as a fitting close to the battle the young king was knighted by Bayard on the field.

  • Never one to be a team player, Blade is the quintessential free lancer.

  • The Russian lancer in the rear who stabbed me was killed by a comrade and I struck down the other.

  • lancer regiment, is to depended upon at St. Petersburg for absolute obedience to he orders of the Government.

  • lancer à corps perdu dans une ambiance hors du réel.

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