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lancers

lancers is the plural of lancer.

Noun

lancers (plural lancers)

  1. A traditional dance for eight or sixteen couples, originating from a 19th century quadrille.
  2. The music for a lancers.

Meaning of lancer

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

Forms of lancers

plurallancers

Questions about lancers

What does lancers mean?
Lancers means a traditional dance for eight or sixteen couples, originating from a 19th century quadrille.
What is lancers the plural of?
Lancers is the plural of lancer.
What part of speech is lancers?
Lancers is a noun.
What is the plural of lancers?
The plural of lancers is lancers.

Words near lancers in the dictionary

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

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