Definition
Soldiers armed with lances (long pointed weapons), or a type of lively group dance popular in the 19th century.
Etymology
From 'lance' (a long spear) + '-er' (one who uses). Originally referred to cavalry soldiers equipped with lances, but also became the name of a popular quadrille dance called 'The Lancers.'
Kelly Says
The Lancers dance was so popular in Victorian ballrooms that people had entire dance cards dedicated to it—it's basically the disco dance of the 1800s, and if you wanted to be cool at a ball, you had to know the Lancers steps.
Translations
ARالعربية
اللانسير
al-lan-se-ir
BNবাংলা
ল্যান্সার
lan-sar
CSČeština
lancery
lan-cer-y
DEDeutsch
Lanzer
lan-tser
ELΕλληνικά
Λανσερ
lan-ser
ESEspañol
lanceros
lan-se-ros
FISuomi
lanseerit
lan-se-re-it
FRFrançais
lanciers
lan-sye
HEעברית
לנסרים
lan-se-rim
HUMagyar
lőcsei
lo-che-se
IDBahasa Indonesia
Lancers
lan-sers
ITItaliano
lancieri
lan-che-ri
MSBahasa Melayu
Lancers
lan-sers
NLNederlands
lancers
lan-sers
NONorsk
lancere
lan-se-re
PLPolski
lancerzy
lan-ser-zy
PTPortuguês
lançadores
lan-sa-do-res
RORomână
lanceieri
lan-se-ie-ri
RUРусский
лансеры
lan-ser-y
SVSvenska
lancers
lan-sers
SWKiswahili
Lancers
lan-sers
UKУкраїнська
лансер
lan-ser
VITiếng Việt
Lancers
lan-sers