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16 del Lanceros

English translation: 16th Lancers

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Spanish term or phrase:16 del Lanceros
English translation:16th Lancers
Entered by: Wendy Gosselin

17:06 Feb 17, 2023
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Military / Defense
Spanish term or phrase: 16 del Lanceros
A memoir about WWI

Cuando pasamos por Wulverghem busqué y encontré el sepulcro del capitán Arthur William MacArthur Onslow, 16 del Lanceros, que había sido mi colega en 1913-1914.

Pikeman, perhaps, but what about the 16??

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Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 01:54
16th Lancers
Explanation:
That's what they're called, it's a calque in Spanish
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Paul Ryan
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:54
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4 +516th Lancers
Paul Ryan
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lancero
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
16th Lancers


Explanation:
That's what they're called, it's a calque in Spanish


    Reference: http://https://www.researchingww1.co.uk/16th-queens-lancers#...
Paul Ryan
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marie Wilson
5 mins
agree  O G V: del latín lancearius
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agree  Andrew Bramhall
6 hrs
agree  neilmac: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred....
16 hrs
agree  Adrian MM.
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33 mins
Reference: lancero

Reference information:
procede del latín

una simple búsqueda en wikipedia basta
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancero
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancer
NON PRO, esta sí

O G V
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
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