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Hanseatic
[ han-see-at-ik ]
adjective
- of or relating to the Hanseatic League or to any of the towns belonging to it.
noun
- any of the towns belonging to the Hanseatic League.
Hanseatic
/ ˌhænsɪˈætɪk /
adjective
- of or relating to the Hanseatic League
noun
- a member of the Hanseatic League
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Hanseatic1
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Example Sentences
But the chief offenders in defying Napoleon's chimerical policy were the Dutch and Hanseatic cities.
If England would withdraw the orders in council of 1807, he would evacuate Holland and the Hanseatic towns.
It ultimately included more than eighty cities and became one of the greatest commercial powers in Europe (see Hanseatic League).
The Danes took innumerable prizes and crippled the commerce of the Hanseatic cities.
The Hanseatic League had long been offended at their overweening pride; and it now left them and removed its factory to Antwerp.
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