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# lancers

noun (plural, lancers)

«lancers» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Lancers are soldiers on horses who fight with long spears called lances. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lancers/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales lancers are soldiers sent in great numbers by a king or a general

### Examples

- The king sent five hundred lancers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lancers/#x1)
- The lancers rode out at dawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lancers/#x2)
- Ten lancers guarded the gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lancers/#x3)

### Note

a count of lancers is a plain count of soldiers; nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lancers» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lancers/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lancers» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lancers.html) on Mova free.