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Traditional English :: Hansa
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hanshake.html - n. (also Hanse) 1 a a medieval guild of merchants. b the entrance fee to a guild. 2 (also Hanseatic League) a medieval political and commercial league of Germanic towns. Hanseatic adj. [MHG hanse, OHG, Goth. hansa company] |
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Traditional English :: Hansard
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hanshake.html - n.
the official verbatim record of debates in the British Parliament. [T. C. Hansard, Engl. printer d. 1833, who first printed it] |
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Traditional English :: hansel
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hanshake.html - var. of HANDSEL. |
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Traditional English :: Hansen's disease
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hanshake.html - n.
leprosy. [G. H. A. Hansen, Norw. physician d. 1912] |
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Traditional English :: hansom
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hanshake.html - n. (in full hansom cab) hist. a two-wheeled horse-drawn cab accommodating two inside, with the driver seated behind. [J. A. Hansom, Engl. architect d. 1822, who designed it] |
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English Idioms :: Hancock
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hanshake.html - See: JOHN HANCOCK or JOHN HENRY. |
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