Handlanger

handlanger English thumb|An 1835 lithograph by H. A. Eckert showing the field artillery of the Austro-Hungarian Army Etymology Borrowed from en de Handlanger handyman; henchman, from de Hand hand + de langen to hand over, to give; to reach for something + de -er (in the sense of someone who puts things into another person's hands, that is, someone whose task it is to help another person succeed). The word was loaned into nl - and might have entered English through the Dutch form. Pronunciation en en Hand lang er Noun en military historical A low-ranking artillery soldier in the Austro-Hungarian Army. en Jovis, 22° die Januarii; Anno 20° Georgii II Regis, 1746 Journals of the House of Commons. From October the 17th, 1745, in the Nineteenth Year of the Reign of King George the Second, to November the 22nd, 1750, in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of King George the Second. Re-printed by Order of the House of Commons London His Majesty's Stationery Office 22 January 1746 1803 25 247 and 250–251 https://books.google.com/books?id=AwdDAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA250 237516907 Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by His Majeſty's Command, preſented to the Houſe, Copy of a Convention between the King of Great Britain and the States General, on the one Part; and the Empreſs Queen of Hungary and Bohemia on the other— Artillery. 12 Gunners, or Handlangers. 2 Drummers, at the Pay of Handlangers. 4 Aſſiſtants, at the Pay of Handlangers. en Albert Seaton The Austro-Hungarian Army of the Napoleonic Wars Men-at-arms Series Reading, Oxon. w:Osprey Publishing 1973 978-0-85045-147-4 The Handlanger soldier was not a gunner or a bombardier, since he merely acted as labour on gun-sites en Philip J. Haythornthwaite Austrian Specialist Troops of the Napoleonic Wars Men-at-arms Series 223 London Osprey Publishing 1990 11 978-0-85045-950-0 After the defeat of 1809, the four artillery regiments were kept in existence, but the Handlanger-Corps was reduced to a cadre. en David Hollins Austrian Napoleonic Artillery 1792–1815 New Vanguard 72 Oxford Osprey Publishing 2003 14 978-1-84176-499-3 The artillerymen concentrated on directing, loading and firing the guns, the remaining simpler functions being performed by the Handlanger. The No. 1 gunner inserted the charge and shot into the muzzle, No. 2 (a Handlanger) rammed it home and cleared the barrel with the sponge after firing. The chief gunner was No. 3, the Vormeister (gun commander) who was often a Bombardier, as were many Korporals. [H]e would also direct No. 5; the Handlanger holding the traversing spar and the Handlanger moving the gun. Related terms handlanger German Etymology de :af Hand langen -er From de Hand langen -er. Pronunciation de /ˈhantlaŋɐ/ de Hand lan ger de De-Handlanger.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun m in a handyman de politics a henchman Declension m Descendants nl handlanger 1 af handlanger en handlanger 1 en Handlanger 1 sv hantlangare 1 Further reading de People