Definition of "lancer" []

• A cavalryman armed with a lance. (noun)
• A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. (noun)
• A kind of quadrille. (noun)
• The music for this dance. (noun)

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• "But no matter the rumors, he was known as a lancer of surpassing skill and surpassing power, and no Knight wanted to draw his lot when the tournament began."
• "Smoldering beneath the pleasant exterior and the uniform of a lancer is a magus - or a lancer with the power of a second-level adept."
• "At Hulagur's call the lancer rode up to the waiting Apache, stretched out a booted foot in the heavy stirrup, and held down a hand to bring"