hussar
pronunciation
How to pronounce hussar in British English:
UK [həˈzɑː(r)]
How to pronounce hussar in American English:
US [ həˈzɑːr]
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- Noun:
- a member of a European light cavalry unit; renowned for elegant dress
Word Origin
- hussar
- hussar: [15] Ultimately, hussar is the same word as corsair. Its remote ancestor is Italian corsaro, which was borrowed via Old Serbian husar into Hungarian as huszár. This originally retained the meaning of corsair, ‘plunderer’, but gradually developed into ‘horseman’, and it was as ‘Hungarian horseman’ that English borrowed it.=> corsair
- hussar (n.)
- 1530s, from German Husar, from Hungarian huszár "light horseman," originally "freebooter," from Old Serbian husar, variant of kursar "pirate," from Italian corsaro (see corsair). Bodies of light horsemen organized in Hungary late 15c., widely imitated elsewhere in Europe.
Example
- 1. He was a graceful young hussar .
- 2. On his perilous journey , aided only by his trusted horse and spear , the brave hussar must overcome the difficult terrain and slay any orcish warriors that try to stop him .
- 3. And besides , still however a kind of air conditioning that does not see for home market place is being taken seriously by more and more home manufacturer , somebody compares it racily the hussar that goes up in euramerican battlefield for army group of chinese air conditioning - - movable type air conditioning .