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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LANCEPESADE

n.An officer under the corporal.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LANCEPESADE

Lance `pe *sade ", n. Etym: [F. lancepessade, lanspessade, anspessade,It. lancia spezzata a broken lance or demilance, a demilance roan, a light horseman, bodyguard. ]

 

Defn: An assistant to a corporal; a private performing the duties of a corporal; -- called also lance corporal.