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| freelance |
(usu. written " free lance") in the Middle Ages, a mercenary soldier. [1/6 definitions] |
| lanceolate |
resembling the head of a lance; narrow and pointed, as certain leaves. |
| lancer |
a mounted soldier armed with a lance. |
| paparazzo |
a reporter or photographer, often free-lance, who aggressively seeks out celebrities in order to photograph them or write sensational articles about them for the popular media. |
| pennon |
formerly, a long, tapered streamer or banner attached to a lance as a flag. [1/2 definitions] |
| tilt |
to attack with a lance (usu. fol. by "at"). [1/7 definitions] |
| tulip |
a cultivated plant that grows from a bulb and bears large lance-shaped leaves and large brightly-colored, cup-shaped flowers. [1/2 definitions] |
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