Hanse Definition

hăns
noun
A medieval guild of merchants.
Webster's New World
A fee paid to this guild.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Hanse

Noun

Singular:
hanse
Plural:
hanses

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Hanse

  • the Hanse

Origin of Hanse

  • Middle English from Old French from Middle Low German from Old High German hansa military troop

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Hanse Sentence Examples

  • Of this movement the Teutonic Order became, along with the Hanse, the chosen representative.

  • The concord of the Order with the towns and the Hanse was one great cause of its prosperity until the close of the 14th century; and the rupture of that concord in the 15th century was largely responsible for its fall.

  • The tsar, as protector of the Germanic System, had already been so annoyed by the seizure of the duc d'Enghien on German territory, and by other high-handed actions against the Hanse cities, as to recall his ambassador from Paris.

  • It was for a time a Hanse town, and came into the possession of Prussia in 1720, having belonged to Sweden since 1648.

  • Hattingen, which received communal rights in 1396, was one of the Hanse towns.

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Words Starting With

HHAHAN

Words Ending With

ESENSE

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