Hanse

发音

其它 /hæns/

词形变化

Hanses 复数 Hanses

别名

hanse Haunce Hans

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A merchant guild, particularly the Fellowship of London Merchants (the "Old Hanse") given a monopoly on London's foreign trade by the Normans or its successor, the Company of Merchant Adventurers (the "New Hanse"), incorporated in 1497 and chartered under Henry VII and Elizabeth I.

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  2. 2.

    The rights and privileges of such guilds, particularly their trade monopolies.

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  3. 3.

    A commercial association of Scottish free burghs in the Middle Ages.

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  4. 4.

    The Hanseatic League: a commercial association of German towns in the Middle Ages.

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  5. 5.

    Alternative form of hanse, the fees payable to a Hanse or its guildhall.

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词源

From Middle English hanse, from Old French hanse (“guild; guild fee”), from Medieval Latin hansa, from Old High German hansa, from Proto-West Germanic *hansu, from Proto-Germanic *hansō (“gathering; coalition; gang of men”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱómsōd (“union; gathering”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by, with, along”) + *sed- (“to sit”). In reference to the Hanseatic League, via German Hanse. Cognate with Old English hōs (“company, retinue, escorts”),

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