Hussar Definition

hə-zär, -sär
noun
A horseman of the Hungarian light cavalry organized during the 1400s.
American Heritage
A member of the light cavalry of Hungary, formed in the 15th c.
Webster's New World
A member of any European regiment of light-armed cavalry, usually with brilliant dress uniforms.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Hussar

Noun

Singular:
hussar
Plural:
hussars

Origin of Hussar

  • From Hungarian huszár (“cavalryman”), from Serbo-Croatian gusar (“highwayman, brigand”), from Byzantine Greek khossarios or khonsarios or from Italian corsaro (“corsair”), from Medieval Latin cursārius (“pirate”), from Latin cursus (“running”), from currō (“run”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Hungarian huszár from Serbian husar highwayman from Old Italian corsaro corsair

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Hussar Sentence Examples

  • From behind him Bondarchuk, an hussar he knew, jolted against him and looked angrily at him.

  • Beside him rode an hussar, with a boy in a tattered French uniform and blue cap behind him on the crupper of his horse.

  • This failed to subdue the monks, whom the Archbishop of Volinsk described as "a band of soft-brained idiots led by a vainglorious hussar."

  • On the 10th of December ' Baird joined Moore near Mayorga, and a brilliant cavalry combat now took place at Sahagun, in which the British hussar brigade distinguished itself.

  • When in addition two hussar regiments struck them in flank they were driven back in wild disorder upon Rezonville.

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Words Starting With

HHUHUS

Words Ending With

RARSAR

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With H6 Letter Words Ending With R