HUSSAR

hussar. Hussar, n. a kind of horse-soldier, coat, cloak

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Hus‐sar″ (?), n. [[Hung. huszár, from husz twenty, because under King Matthais I., in the fifteenth century, every twenty houses were to furnish one horse soldier; cf. G. husar, F. houssard, hussard, from the same source.]] (Mil.) Originally, one of the national cavalry of Hungary and Croatia; now, one of the light cavalry of European armies.