資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Hanse \Hanse\, n. [G. hanse, or F. hanse (from German), OHG. &
Goth. hansa; akin to AS. h?s band, troop.]
An association; a league or confederacy.
{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.
Hanseatic \Han`se*at"ic\, a.
Pertaining to the Hanse towns, or to their confederacy.
{Hanseatic league}. See under 2d {Hanse}.
資料來源 : WordNet®
Hanseatic League
n : a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in
northern Germany and surrounding areas; formed in the
13th century and most powerful in the 14th century