Dictionary entry

Lancepesade

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Lance′pe‐sade″ (?), n. [F. lancepessade, lanspessade, anspessade, It. lancia spezzata a broken lance or demilance, a demilance roan, a light horseman, bodyguard.] An assistant to a corporal; a private performing the duties of a corporal; — called also lance corporal.