ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Lancer

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Lancer is a noun meaning (military) A cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon.

Meaning

(military) A cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon.

More Meanings

  1. (entomology) Any of various Asian hesperiid butterflies of the genus Plastingia.
  2. One who lances something.

Example Sentences

The evolutional descendants of those early shavers of beards and lancers of boils have made good (and, perhaps, nearly exclusive) use of the title […]

Word Forms

Synonyms for lancer

Depending on context, synonyms include uhlan.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cavalryman, launching, launch, embark, undertake, introduce.

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