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Hansa
[ han-suh, -zuh ]
noun
- a company or guild of merchants in a northern European medieval town.
- a fee paid to a merchant guild by a new member.
- Also called Hansa town, a town that is a member of the Hanseatic League.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Hansa1
< Medieval Latin; replacing Middle English hans, hanze < Middle Low German hanse; cognate with Old English hōs, Old High German, Gothic hansa company
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Example Sentences
But Hansa proved herself a merry little maid, who, after all, did not care for such trifles.
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"We have no room for two girls here," said Olaf, and he gave poor Hansa a very rough push.
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The Spaniards who had arrived on board the Hansa consisted of nine men and a lad of twelve years of age, named Pablo.
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The steelyard was committed to the keeping of Ben Zoof, and the visitors prepared to quit the Hansa.
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A quarter of an hour later, the visitors to the Hansa had reassembled in the common hall of Nina's Hive.
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