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LanceEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
The surname is derived from a medieval given name Lanzo, short form of names beginning with the Germanic element *land; see land. Doublet of Lanzo.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗lanceEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
Etymology tree Latin lancea Old French lancebor. Middle English launce English lance From Middle English launce, from Old French lance, from Latin lancea.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- LanceEnglish · e-38538-6972
Lance, lans, n. (Spens.) balance, poise. [L. lanx, lancis, a dish or scale.]
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Lance, lans, n. a long shaft of wood, with a spear-head, and bearing a small flag: the bearer of a lance.—v.t. to pierce with a lance: to open with a lancet.—ns. Lance′-cor′poral, a private soldier doing the duties of a
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