Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lansquenet \Lans"que*net\, n. [F., fr. G. landsknecht a foot
   soldier, also a game of cards introduced by these foot
   soldiers; land country + knecht boy, servant. See {Land}, and
   {Knight}.]
   1. A German foot soldier in foreign service in the 15th and
      16th centuries; a soldier of fortune; -- a term used in
      France and Western Europe.

   2. A game at cards, vulgarly called {lambskinnet}.

            [They play] their little game of lansquenet.
                                                  --Longfellow.