Sentence:  ... arising out of this festival there was established an individual <WSD>lansquenet</WSD> tradition, in speech and outward appearance, and the bare, sunburnt necks of the vagabond soldiers, their baggy garments hanging in shreds, and their short swords, could be seen all over the country for long afterwards. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Any of a class of German mercenaries of the 15th and 16th centuries, most of whom were pikemen and foot soldiers.