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.

Origin of Hanseatic

1605–15; <Medieval Latin Hanseāticus, equivalent to hanse (<Middle Low German; see Hansa) + -āt--ate¹ + -icus-ic

Words Nearby Hanseatic

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How to use Hanseatic in a sentence

But the chief offenders in defying Napoleon's chimerical policy were the Dutch and Hanseatic cities.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan Sloane
If England would withdraw the orders in council of 1807, he would evacuate Holland and the Hanseatic towns.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan Sloane
It ultimately included more than eighty cities and became one of the greatest commercial powers in Europe (see Hanseatic League).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 | Various
The Danes took innumerable prizes and crippled the commerce of the Hanseatic cities.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin Emerson
The Hanseatic League had long been offended at their overweening pride; and it now left them and removed its factory to Antwerp.
The Revolt of The Netherlands, Complete | Friedrich Schiller

British Dictionary definitions for Hanseatic

Hanseatic

/ (ˌhænsɪˈætɪk) /

adjective

of or relating to the Hanseatic League

noun

a member of the Hanseatic League

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