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cuirassier

[ kweer-uh-seer ]

noun

  1. a cavalry soldier wearing a cuirass.


cuirassier

/ ËŒ°ì·Éɪə°ùəˈ²õɪə /

noun

  1. a mounted soldier, esp of the 16th century, who wore a cuirass
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cuirassier1

From French, dating back to 1545–55; cuirass, -ier 2
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The show, he explained, displayed “a human mosaic of horsemen: Indians, Cossacks, cowboys, Bedouins, Mexicans, cuirassiers, Boers, Britons, 300 strong.â€

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He had dreamed of flying Uhlans, captured trenches, charging hussars and cuirassiers--and now, he had been threatened with the "cat."

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The 14th was with William III. in Flanders; it formed, too, one of the squares of Waterloo, breasting for hours the charges of the French cuirassiers until it had nearly melted away.

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The Janissaries received the full brunt of the swords of the cuirassiers and the hussars, and in the first onset Ismail Pasha himself fell from his horse.

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I found a dozen men, cuirassiers of his privileged troop, peeping and squinting under the canvas which had been hung round the fire.

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