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lancer

lancer noun: a cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon.

Noun

lancer (plural lancers)

  1. A cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon.
  2. Any of various Asian hesperiid butterflies of the genus Plastingia.
  3. One who lances something.
    • The evolutional descendants of those early shavers of beards and lancers of boils have made good (and, perhaps, nearly exclusive) use of the title […]1968, Journal of Secondary Education

lancer meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Persian

lancer in Tamil

குதிரைப்படைவீரன்

lancer in Urdu

نیزہ بردار, نیزے باز

lancer in Persian

cavalry soldier with a lance
نیزهور neyze-var

Synonyms of lancer

Forms of lancer

plurallancers

Plural of lancer: lancers

Origin of lancer

Borrowed from French lancier (“lancer”).

Questions about lancer

What does lancer mean?
Lancer means a cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon.
What is lancer in Tamil?
Lancer in Tamil is குதிரைப்படைவீரன். See Lancer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lancer?
Lancer is a noun.
What is the plural of lancer?
The plural of lancer is lancers.

Words near lancer in the dictionary

  1. lanceotoxin
  2. lancepesade
  3. lancepesades
  4. lancepod
  5. lancepods
  6. lancer
  7. lancers
  8. lances
  9. lancet
  10. lancet arch
  11. lancet arches

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