Definition of "lancers" []

• A traditional dance for eight or sixteen couples, originating from a 19th century quadrille (noun)
• The music for a lancers (noun)

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• "I doubt the Duke of Lydiar, for all his boasts, can raise more than one hundred score trained lancers, that is."
• ""You can put most of the lancers a kay or so back, even farther," suggested Cerryl."
• "I've summoned Senglat since his lancers were the last in Certis."