hussard

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

hussard

from the Hungarian huszár which designated light cavalry soldiers. It may come from the Serbian gusar (Cyrillic: гусар) meaning bandit, pirate. Another origin could be the Hungarian word húsz ("twenty"), which would be related to the fact that the hussar regiments were composed of twenty men, or that a twentieth of the army was assigned to the cavalry.

Definitions

histoire
histoiremilitaire

Feminine

hussarde

Plural

hussards

Translations

  • germangerman:Husar
  • englishenglish:hussar
  • spanishspanish:húsar
  • italianitalian:ussero
  • dutchdutch:huzaar
  • polishpolish:huzar
  • russianrussian:гусар
  • swedishswedish:husar

See also

hussarder (v.)