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Definition of Lancers
1. Noun. A quadrille for 8 or 16 couples.
Definition of Lancers
1. Noun. a traditional dance for eight or sixteen couples, originating from a 19th century quadrille ¹
2. Noun. the music for a lancers ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lancers
1. lancer [n] - See also: lancer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lancers
Literary usage of Lancers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1868)
"11-1 /. i /-i squadrons Three squadrons of Russian lancers were seen issu- Three ing
... Another lancers instant, and this body of lancers was wheeling into ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Two heavy cavalry (1 of the guard; 2 hussars, 2 lancers, 1 squadron Jägers zu
Pferde. ... Two dragoons; 2 lancers. Field Artillery : Consists of 42 horse ..."
3. Folio (1884)
"lancers Quadrille 50 Cunard Line. Quick March 50 Fairy Greeting 60 Song of the
... lancers Quadrille 75 Little Duke Quadrille 50 Black Mantles lancers 50 ..."
4. Brave Belgians by Camille Buffin, Alys Hallard (1918)
"CHAPTER XVH The 1st Regiment of lancers BY STAFF DEPUTY COLONEL E. JOOSTENS The
operations of ... The 1st lancers were at the extreme right of the Division. ..."
5. Dancing and Its Relations to Education and Social Life: With a New Method of by Allen Dodworth (1900)
"lancers. As Now Danced. — The Original, and the Changes Introduced. ... New York
lancers. lancers, AS DANCED AT THE PRESENT TIME. First Figure. 1st Strain. ..."
6. Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1899)
"Parslow to Solden and Thrift, where he also beat them. Polo in India—Defeat of
9th lancers. — A very interesting tournament was brought to a ..."
7. Notes of a Military Reconnoissance from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to by William Hemsley Emory (1848)
"... with which he should dismiss the lancers; as there was some apprehension that
Captain Cooke was detained, their discharge became matter for reflection. ..."
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