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demilance

noun
demi·​lance

Definition of demilance

1 : a short light lance used chiefly in the 15th and 16th centuries
2 : a light cavalryman carrying a demilance

History and Etymology for demilance

Middle French demie lance, from demie (feminine of demi half) + lance

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