lancer
Horseback soldier, armed
A lancer is a cavalry soldier armed with a lance—a long spear used in mounted charges.
The term evokes 18th- and 19th-century European military units: Polish lancers, Bengal Lancers.
Lancers also names a type of formal quadrille dance popular in the Victorian era.
In fantasy games and fiction, lancer often designates a spear-wielding character class.
Skilled equine rider
- dragoonCavalryman or browbeat
- uhlanLance-bearing cavalry soldier
- trooperMounted soldier or patroller
- chargerPower-restoring device or mount
mounted · squadron · regiment · brigade · carbine · pistol · scabbard · saddle
Honored mounted soldier
- squireKnight's noble assistant
- chivalryKnightly code of honor
- feudalismLand-for-service social structure
- nobilityTitled ruling class
vassal · castle · manor · crusader · paladin · dubbing · valor · courtly
horseman
Skilled equine rider
charger · mounted · squadron · regiment · brigade · carbine · pistol · scabbard · saddle · stirrup
knight
Honored mounted soldier
- squireKnight's noble assistant
- chivalryKnightly code of honor
- feudalismLand-for-service social structure
nobility · vassal · castle · manor · crusader · paladin · dubbing · valor · courtly · battlement
spear
Pole with sharp point
impale · pennon · tip · point · reach · haft · leveled · charge · pierce · polearm
tournament
Multi-round competitive event
unhorse · armor · steed · pennant · pavilion · herald · heraldry · pageantry · melee · tourney
- Ottoman militaryjanissaries, pasha, aga, agha, bey
- combatantssoldier, warrior, fighter, swordsman, spearman
- medieval knightsknight, knights, armor, sword, swords
- Sci-fi Weaponsray gun, laser gun, phaser, blaster, plasma gun
- soldiersinfantryman, private, grenadier, grenadiers, fusilier
- toy soldierstin soldier, tin soldiers, lead soldier, wooden soldier, nutcracker
lancerarcher
One who shoots arrows
sniper · bombardier · sharpshooter · cannoneer · artilleryman
lancerinfantryman
Ground-based combat soldier
foot soldier · footman · pikeman · hoplite · dragoon
- lance corporalLowest NCO grade
- Lance Armstrong
- Lance Bass
- Mitsubishi LancerJapanese compact sedan
- fire lanceEarly gunpowder weapon
lance, lances, freelancer, lanced, lancing, lancet, lancers, freelancers