Associations to the word «Hanse»

Wiktionary

HANSE, noun. (in Germany) A medieval guild of merchants or traders; especially a commercial league of Germanic towns that had a house in London.
HANSE, noun. (in particular) The Hanseatic League.
HANSE, noun. A league; a confederacy.
HANSE, noun. A society or combination of merchants in mercantile towns, for the protection and facility of trade and transportation.
HANSE, noun. A Mediaeval French guild.
HANSE, noun. (architecture) That part of an elliptical or many-centred arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost.

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