lancers
a set of quadrilles danced in sequence.
music for such a set of dances.
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How to use lancers in a sentence
A regiment of United States lancers were drawn up in a hollow square round the Lethal Chamber.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLetting the rifle drop and swing from the pommel, he met the charge of two grinning and scowling lancers.
Overland | John William De ForestBut presently that wandering shape came nearer, and I saw a dozen lancers at full gallop, one behind the other.
Maupassant Original Short Stories (180), Complete | Guy de MaupassantIn the ring figure another evolution is borrowed from the lancers.
The Complete Bachelor | Walter GermainCuirassiers, lancers and grenadiers, then, once more to the charge!
The Bronze Eagle | Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
Behind us the British lancers were shouting "Stop, stop, halt you —— Boers!"
My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War | Ben Viljoen.
British Dictionary definitions for lancers
/ (ˈlɑːnsəz) /
a quadrille for eight or sixteen couples
a piece of music composed for this dance
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