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Synonyms for lance

Grammar : Verb
Spell : lans, lahns
Phonetic Transcription : læns, lɑns

Top 10 synonyms for lance
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Définition of lance

Origin :
  • late 13c. (late 12c. as a surname), from Old French lance (12c.), from Latin lancea "light spear, Spanish lance" (Italian lancia, Spanish lanza), possibly of Celt-Iberian origin. The French word spread into Germanic (cf. German Lanze, Middle Dutch lanse, Dutch lans, Danish landse). Lance corporal (1786) is from obsolete lancepesade "officer of lowest rank" (1570s), from Old Italian lancia spezzata "old soldier," literally "broken lance."
  • verb pierce
Example sentences :
  • The lance then gets in the way and has to be tied to the saddle.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • All admit or assert that the lance is in this warfare the better weapon.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • Fair on each shield struck a lance, and backward reeled their holders.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • And he can ride a horse and hold a lance, can he not, at any rate in your quarrel?
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • Straight at Peter's undefended face drove Morella's lance, but lo!
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • But the chain was stretched straight and stiff as a lance,—she could not untwist it.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • Alike below the saddle and above it he was as light as a leaf and as firm as a lance.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • He was trained to ride a horse boldly and to be skilful with the sword and the lance.
  • Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
  • In the dread stillness out came the lance, and Robbie was bled.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • Robbie had appeared to be conscious before the operation of the lance.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

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