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1855, Gottfried Keller, translated by A.M. Holt, Green Henry, Calder Publications, published 1960, page 440:
[…] arising out of this festival there was established an individual lansquenet tradition, in speech and outward appearance, and the bare, sunburnt necks of the vagabond soldiers, their baggy garments hanging in shreds, and their short swords, could be seen all over the country for long afterwards.
1999, HJC von Grimmelshausen, translated by Mike Mitchell, Simplicissimus, Dedalus, published 2016, page 52:
Ruthless killing, wanton strife / Add up to a lanzknecht’s life.
2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 55:
I have never really been outdoorsy enough to make a mercenary landsknecht, although their immense two-handed swords, flowing moustaches and puffed-silk slashed sleeves take some beating.
(uncountable) A gamblingcard game in which the dealer is given an initial card and the players another; cards are then turned up until the value (rank) of one of those cards is met.
“I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”.