lancers

English

Noun

lancers

1. plural of lancer

Noun

lancers (plural lancers)

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

Translations

type of traditional dance

• Finnish: lanssi (fi), lanciers-katrilli
• French: quadrille des Lanciers m
• Ingrian: lantsi
• Russian: лансье́ (ru) n inan (lansʹjé)

Quotations

• 1914, James Joyce, The Dead:

  Lancers were arranged.

See also

• quadrille

Anagrams

• Cansler, Carlens

French

Noun

lancers m

1. plural of lancer