Hanse
A merchant guild, particularly the Fellowship of London Merchants given a monopoly on…A merchant guild, particularly the Fellowship of London Merchants (the "Old Hanse") given a monopoly on London's foreign trade by the Normans or its successor, the Company of Merchant Adventurers (the "New Hanse"), incorporated in 1497 and chartered under Henry VII and Elizabeth I.
Meaning
4 senses(historical)A merchant guild, particularly the Fellowship of London Merchants (the "Old Hanse") given a monopoly on London's foreign trade by the Normans or its successor, the Company of Merchant Adventurers (the "New Hanse"), incorporated in 1497 and chartered under Henry VII and Elizabeth I.
Gilde, Hanse
Га́нзаGánza
(historical)The rights and privileges of such guilds, particularly their trade monopolies.
(historical)A commercial association of Scottish free burghs in the Middle Ages.
(historical)The Hanseatic League: a commercial association of German towns in the Middle Ages.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English hanse, from Old French hanse (“guild; guild fee”), from Medieval LatinFrom Middle English hanse, from Old French hanse (“guild; guild fee”), from Medieval Latin hansa, from Old High German hansa, from Proto-West Germanic *hansu, from Proto-Germanic *hansō (“gathering; coalition; gang of men”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱómsōd (“union; gathering”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by, with, along”) + *sed- (“to sit”). In reference to the Hanseatic League, via German Hanse.
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