Hanse

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Hanse merchant guild; entrance fee of such a guild XII; commercial league of German towns XV. First in hanshus ‘hanse-house’, guildhall — MLG. hanshūs, and in medL. form hansa — OHG. hansa, (M)HG. hanse = OE. hōs troop, company, Goth. hansa company, crowd :- Gmc. *χansō; of unkn. orig.
So Hanseatic XVII. — medL.

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