Established in the 13th century, for the mutual protection of mercantile property. Now confined to Lübeck, Hamburg, and Bremen.
·noun An association; a league or confederacy. II. Hanse ·noun That part of an elliptical or many-c...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A company, society, or corporation of merchants belonging to certain cities in Germany, who had form...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.