Definition of Husar
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Originally, one of the national cavalry of Hungary and Croatia; now, one of the light cavalry of European armies.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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