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Hanseatic league
(gcide) | Hanse \Hanse\, n. [G. hanse, or F. hanse (from German), OHG. &
Goth. hansa; akin to AS. h[=o]s band, troop.]
An association; a league or confederacy.
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Hanse towns (Hist.), certain commercial cities in Germany
which associated themselves for the protection and
enlarging of their commerce. The confederacy, called also
Hansa and Hanseatic league, held its first diet in
1260, and was maintained for nearly four hundred years. At
one time the league comprised eighty-five cities. Its
remnants, L["u]beck, Hamburg, and Bremen, are {free
cities}, and are still frequently called Hanse towns.
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Hanseatic league
(gcide) | Hanseatic \Han`se*at"ic\ (h[a^]n`s[-e]*[a^]t"[i^]k), a.
Pertaining to the Hanse towns, or to their confederacy.
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Hanseatic league. See under 2d Hanse.
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hanseatic league
(wn) | Hanseatic League
n 1: a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in
northern Germany and surrounding areas; formed in 1241 and
most influential in the 14th century when it included over
100 towns and functioned as an independent political power;
the last official assembly was held in 1669 |
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hanseatic league
(wn) | Hanseatic League
n 1: a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in
northern Germany and surrounding areas; formed in 1241 and
most influential in the 14th century when it included over
100 towns and functioned as an independent political power;
the last official assembly was held in 1669 |
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