hussar

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   historical: a soldier in one of the light-cavalry units of Hungary or other European armies

   The portrait shows a hussar in a braided jacket astride a cavalry horse.

Borrowed through French hussard from Hungarian huszár 'cavalryman', earlier 'highway robber', from Serbian and Croatian husar 'pirate', ultimately from Medieval Latin cursarius. It is related to corsair.

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