lancer

A cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon.

Noun

  1. A cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon.
  2. Any of various Asian hesperiid butterflies of the genus Plastingia.
  3. One who lances something.
    • The evolutional descendants of those early shavers of beards and lancers of boils have made good (and, perhaps, nearly exclusive) use of the title […] - 1968, Journal of Secondary Education:

Origin

Etymology tree French lancierbor. English lancer Borrowed from French lancier (“lancer”).

Forms

lancers

Synonyms

uhlan