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lancers

lancers \lancers\ n.

  1. A set of quadrilles for 8 or 16 couples. [WordNet sense 1]

  2. Music appropriate for a set of lancers[1].

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lancers

n. 1 a traditional dance for eight or sixteen couples, originating from a 19th century quadrille 2 the music for a lancers

WordNet
lancers

n. a quadrille for 8 or 16 couples

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Lancers (wine)

Lancers is a brand of medium-sweet, lightly sparkling wine produced by the J. M. da Fonseca winery in Portugal. The brand was created in 1944, when Vintage Wines of New York predicted that wine consumption in the United States would increase after World War II. A sparkling Lancers, made by the continuous method, was introduced in the late 1980s.

Usage examples of "lancers".

And I have a serving woman, consorted to one of the older lancers, who cleans and also cooks my evening meal.

This is in addition to refurbishing the compound and providing lancers as necessary for the Emperor's Enumerators, who have done without such support and presence at least since the death of the previous overcaptain.

As you can see, Mycela, Lorn is an overcaptain in the Mirror Lancers, one of the youngest, I would venture, and Ryalth is the head of Ryalor House, one of the newly prominent trading houses in Cyad.

He would ensure that the Mirror Lancers and the Magi'i do not see that their interests are closer to each other's than to his.

Yet they know that both Magi'i and Mirror Lancers are few indeed outside of the three cities.

Bluoyol's successors will find they still need lancers, but not until many perish, and more than a few vessels are lost.

The emperors to come will either be powerful Magi'i or inspire loyalty within the Mirror lancers, because it appears that either lancers or Magi'i can destroy an Emperor.

Instead, they feel as though the Magi'i are using the chaos-towers as a weapon to gain more influence over the Mirror Lancers and the Malachite Throne.

He relies ever more on his consort, and turns from the main advisors-you, the honorable Majer-Commander of Mirror Lancers, and even from his once-favored Merchanter Advisor.

He turns and walks back past the reclining lancers and out through the mustering area.

The payroll first, because it affects how many new lancers we can train.

We aren't recruiting that many young lancers, and I would guess many of their skills are suspect.

Pick the two best riding lancers for mount and formation training and the two best for sabres.

Rynst grows older by the day, and without him, the Mirror Lancers will not know which way to point their blades.

He is the new commander of the Mirror Lancers, and he has come to call on the senior enumerators.