Meaning

3 senses
  1. A cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon.

    ула́нulán, пике́йщикpikéjščik, копьеносецkopʹjenosec

    (formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance

  2. Any of various Asian hesperiid butterflies of the genus Plastingia.

  3. One who lances something.

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
cavalry soldier with a lance:

Origin

Borrowed from French lancier (“lancer”).

Borrowed from French lancier (“lancer”).

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Forms

plural: lancers
Singularlancer
Plurallancers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lancer — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto