hanse

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hanse

(hăns)

A medieval merchant guild or trade association.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Middle Low German, from Old High German hansa, military troop.]

han′se·at′ic (hăn′sē-ăt′ĭk) adj.

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Hanse

(hæns) or

Hansa

1. (Historical Terms) a medieval guild of merchants

2. (Historical Terms) a fee paid by the new members of a medieval trading guild

3. (Historical Terms)

a. another name for the Hanseatic League

b. (as modifier): a Hanse town.

[C12: of Germanic origin; compare Old High German hansa, Old English hōs troop]

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Han•sa

(ˈhæn sə, -zə)

n.

1. a guild of merchants in a medieval town.

2. Hanseatic League.

[1300–50; < Medieval Latin; replacing Middle English hans, hanze < Middle Low German hanse, c. Old English hōs, Old High German, Gothic hansa company]

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Julius Laspara might have been a Transylvanian, a Turk, an Andalusian, or a citizen of one of the Hanse towns for anything he could tell to the contrary.