From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lansquenet \Lans"que*net\, noun [F., fr. G. landsknecht a foot soldier, also a game of cards introduced by these foot soldiers; land country + knecht boy, servant. See {Land}, and {Knight}.]
1. A German foot soldier in foreign service in the 15th and 16th centuries; a soldier of fortune; -- a term used in France and Western Europe.
2. A game at cards, vulgarly called {lambskinnet}.
[They play] their little game of lansquenet. --Longfellow.
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