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• Hanseatic

  [han-see-at-ik] /ˌhæn siˈæt ɪk/ adjective 1. of or relating to the Hanseatic League or to any of the towns belonging to it. noun 2. any of the towns belonging to the Hanseatic League. /ˌhænsɪˈætɪk/ adjective 1. of or relating to the Hanseatic League noun 2. a member of the Hanseatic League 1610s, from Hanseatic League, […]

• Hanseatic-league

  noun 1. a medieval league of towns of northern Germany and adjacent countries for the promotion and protection of commerce. noun 1. a commercial association of towns in N Germany formed in the mid-14th century to protect and control trade. It was at its most powerful in the 15th century Also called Hansa, Hanse

• Hansel

  [han-suh l] /ˈhæn səl/ noun, verb (used with object), hanseled, hanseling or (especially British) hanselled, hanselling. 1. . [han-suh l] /ˈhæn səl/ noun 1. a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise. […]

• Hansel and gretel

  A story in the Grimm collection of fairy tales. Hansel and Gretel, two children abandoned in the woods, are befriended by a witch, who tries to cook and eat them, but Gretel shoves the witch into the oven instead.

• Hansen

  [hahn-suh n] /ˈhɑn sən/ noun 1. Peter Andreas [pee-tuh r ahn-dree-ahs] /ˈpi tər ɑnˈdri ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1795–1874, Danish astronomer. Hansen Han·sen (hān’sən, hän’-), Gerhard Henrik Armauer. 1746-1845. Norwegian physician and bacteriologist who discovered (1869) the leprosy bacillus.

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