Lance Definition
lăns
lanced, lances, lancing
noun
lances
A thrusting weapon consisting of a long wooden shaft with a sharp metal spearhead.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
Any sharp instrument resembling a lance, as a fish spear.
Webster's New World
A cavalry lancer.
American Heritage
A surgical lancet.
Webster's New World
verb
lanced, lances, lancing
To attack or pierce with or as with a lance.
Webster's New World
To cut open (a boil, etc.) with or as with a lancet.
Webster's New World
To make a surgical incision in; cut into.
Lance a boil.
American Heritage
To make a surgical incision in; cut into.
Lance a boil.
American Heritage Medicine
pronoun
A patronymic surname.
Wiktionary
A male given name, pet form of Lancelot or transferred use of the surname; by folk etymology associated with a lance.
Wiktionary
Origin of Lance
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The surname is derived from a medieval given name Lanzo, short form of names beginning with the Germanic element land "land".
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French from Latin lancea probably of Celtic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old French lance, from Latin lancea.
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