Hussar
[hʊ'zɑː] or [hə'zɑr]
Definition
(noun.) a member of a European light cavalry unit; renowned for elegant dress.
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Definition
(n.) Originally, one of the national cavalry of Hungary and Croatia; now, one of the light cavalry of European armies.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Light-armed dragoon.
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Definition
n. a light-armed cavalry soldier: (orig.) a soldier of the national cavalry of Hungary.
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Examples
- It was in shape something like the cloak of a modern hussar, having similar flaps for covering the arms, and was called a Sclaveyn, or Sclavonian. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- This Hussar spared no pains to set off his beauty. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- This lover was a native of Brussels, and a Belgian hussar. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In the best French which he could muster, and which was in sooth of a very ungrammatical sort, Jos besought the hussar to tell his tale. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I saw a great deal of the Duc de Guiche, who used to be called, while in the Tenth Hussars, the Count de Grammont, during my short stay at Brighton. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The dinner, which was given expressly for the officers of the Tenth Hussars, he was obliged to attend. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He had lost just as much himself to Blackstone of the Hussars, and Count Punter of the Hanoverian Cavalry. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He had seen the Duke of Brunswick fall, the black hussars fly, the Ecossais pounded down by the cannon. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It is with them as with the hussars and light infantry of some armies; no plunder, no pay. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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