As a proper noun manse
is commonly used nickname of the city of tampere, in finland (pop 200,000).
As a noun hanse is
a league; a confederacy or hanse can be (architecture) that part of an elliptical or many-centred arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost.
manse
Etymology 1
From (etyl) mansien, apheretic variant of amansien, from (etyl) . More at (l).
Verb
(mans)
To excommunicate; curse.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) , from whence also manor, mansion.
Noun
(
en noun)
A house inhabited by the minister of a parish.
(archaic) A family dwelling, an owner-occupied house.
A large house, a mansion.
Quotations
* circa 1890 : George Otto Trevelyan, Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay
*: All favourable hereditary influences, both intellectual and moral, are assured by a genealogy which derives from a Scotch Manse .
Related terms
* manor
* mansion
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hanse
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(in Germany ) A medieval guild of merchants or traders; especially a commercial league of Germanic towns that had a house in London.
(in particular) The Hanseatic League.
Derived terms
* Hanseatic
* Lufthansa
See also
* on Wikipedia
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