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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Han·se·at·ic a. Pertaining to the Hanse towns, or to their confederacy.
 Hanseatic league. See under 2d Hanse.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hanse, n.  An association; a league or confederacy.
 Hanse towns Hist., certain commercial cities in Germany which associated themselves for the protection and enlarging of their commerce. The confederacy, called also Hansa and Hanseatic league, held its first diet in 1260, and was maintained for nearly four hundred years. At one time the league comprised eighty-five cities. Its remnants, Lübeck, Hamburg, and Bremen, are free cities, and are still frequently called Hanse towns.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Hanseatic League
      n : a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in
          northern Germany and surrounding areas; formed in the
          13th century and most powerful in the 14th century