lance meaning
EN
[lɑːns] [læns] [-ɑːns] [-æns] 
US WLance
- The lance was a pole weapon or spear designed to be used by a mounted warrior or cavalry soldier (lancer).
FR lance 
- NounPLlancesSUF-ance
- A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
- A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
- (fishing) A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
- (military) A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
- (military) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
- (founding) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
- (pyrotechnics) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
- (medicine) A lancet.
- A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
- VerbSGlancesPRlancingPT, PPlanced
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Then you have Sweden, too, burning with desire to break a lance with Russia on the question of Polish independence.
- With his protended lance he makes defence. — Dryden.
- “Can you tell me why it is,” said Ian in an aggressive way, “every time we go into a fucking pub you go ballsing on about bleeding Lance Platt. Can you tell me that?”
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of lance in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Nouns
- fr lance
- en lances
- fr lances
- en lancet
- en lanceolate
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "lance" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb.