\Lans"que*net\, n. [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.