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lancers

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lanc·er  (lnsr)
n.
1. A cavalryman armed with a lance.
2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances.
3. lancers (used with a sing. verb)
a. A kind of quadrille.
b. The music for this dance.

[French lancier, from Old French, maker of lances, from lance, lance; see lance.]
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Noun1.lancers - a quadrille for 8 or 16 couples
quadrille - a square dance of 5 or more figures for 4 or more couples


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A regiment of Lancers came charging down the Broad Walk, armed with holly-leaves, with which they jog the enemy horribly in passing.
A regiment of Lancers came charging down the Broad Walk, armed with holly-leaves, with which they jog the enemy horribly in passing.
A world in which all those pretty and gracious women dwelt, among the figures of the waltz and the lancers, with chat between about the last instalment of 'The Newcomes,' was good enough world for me; I was only afraid it was too good.
 
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