Crossword clues for lancer
lancer
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lancer \Lan"cer\, n. [Cf. F. lancier.]
One who lances; one who carries a lance; especially, a member of a mounted body of men armed with lances, attached to the cavalry service of some nations.
--Wilhelm.A lancet. [Obs.]
pl. (Dancing) A set of quadrilles of a certain arrangement. [Written also lanciers.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1580s, "soldier armed with a lance," from French lancier, from Old French lance (see lance (n.)).
Wiktionary
n. (context military English) A cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon
WordNet
n. (formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance
Wikipedia
A lancer was a type of cavalryman who fought with a lance. Lances were used in mounted warfare by the Assyrians as early as and subsequently by Greek, Persian, Gallic, Han-Chinese, nomadic and Roman horsemen. The weapon was widely used in Asia and Europe during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by armoured cavalry, before being adopted by light cavalry, particularly in Eastern Europe. In a modern context, a lancer regiment usually denotes an armoured regiment.
A lancer is a cavalry soldier who fights with a lance.
Lancer may also refer to:
Lancer is an American western series that aired on CBS from September 24, 1968, to June 23, 1970. The series stars Andrew Duggan, James Stacy, and Wayne Maunder as a father with two half-brother sons, an arrangement similar to the more successful Bonanza on NBC.
Usage examples of "lancer".
How little is required to turn our troopers into excellent foot soldiers was shown at Magersfontein, where the 12th Lancers, dismounted by the command of their colonel, Lord Airlie, held back the threatened flank attack all the morning.
Then had come the new Naashanite lancers, loyal to Bokram, the soon to be crowned king.
Hussars and Lancers scouted in the scrub at each side, and within moved the clump of camels, with humorous eyes and supercilious lips, their comic faces a contrast to the blood-stained men who already lay huddled in the cacolets on either side.
At dawn Capel woke him and they walked to the courtyard stables where a troop of forty lancers were standing beside their mounts.
Their capes, crimson to announce who they were, billowed out behind as they charged past the swordsmen, lancers, standard-bearers, and finally Brogan.
Mirror Lancer officer who used his magely abilities to lead the northern Mirror Lancers in the devastation of Cerlyn and the establishment of the northeastern cuprite mines.
As the three lancers pass the south side of the square in the early-morning light, Lorn can see a number of people under the porch of the Cuprite Kettle, the largest inn in Assyadt.
Behind them, the two troops of the Ebon Spur mounted their black-horned war bulls and formed their lines, the Black Helms of Most High Haroun to the left of the road and the Purple Lancers of His Deadliness Jabbar to the right.
The Deforyan Lancers were formed up at the front, while the third squad troopers, led by Egyl as acting senior squad leader, were drawn up behind Wildebeast.
I lose fewer lancers than any other officer for the number of kills and battles.
He will also need to figure a counter to their new use of the broad front-one that will cost him even fewer lancers.
Lorn has yet to determine how to accomplish the far more simple task of reducing the raids from Jerans with fewer golds and less Mirror Lancer casualties.
Without more golds we cannot pay for more Mirror Lancers, but we will need more Lancers because we have fewer firelances and firewagons.
But Rystryr will not continue to pay those duties unless we keep the lancers to support Heralt and his assistants.
He did not wait for an answer, but rode down to the ferry with Hurin and half the lancers.