hussar

See also: Hussar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French hussard, from Hungarian huszár (“cavalryman”), from Serbo-Croatian gusar (“corsair”), from Byzantine Greek χωσάριος, χονσάριος (khōsários, khonsários) or from Italian corsaro (“corsair”), from Medieval Latin cursārius (“pirate”), from Latin cursus (“running”), from currō (“run”). Doublet of corsair and courser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʌsə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

hussar (plural hussars)

A French hussar.

1. (historical) A member of the national cavalry of Hungary, Croatia and Poland.
2. A member of the light cavalry of any of several European armies.

Coordinate terms

• cavalryman
• cuirassier
• dragoon
• lancer
• trooper
• uhlan
• yeoman

Translations

light cavalry of any of several European armies

• Carpathian Rusyn: гуса́рь m (husárʹ)
• Catalan: hússar (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輕騎兵／轻骑兵 (qīngqíbīng)

• Czech: husar (cs) m
• Dutch: huzaar (nl) m
• Esperanto: husaro
• Finnish: husaari (fi)
• French: hussard (fr) m
• German: Husar (de) m
• Greek: ουσάρος (el) m (ousáros)
• Hungarian: huszár (hu)
• Italian: ussaro (it) m
• Japanese: ユサール (yusāru)
• Marathi: हसर m (hasar)
• Occitan: ussar
• Polish: husarz (pl) m
• Portuguese: hussardo (pt) m
• Romanian: husar (ro) m
• Russian: гуса́р (ru) m (gusár)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хусар m

  Roman: husar (sh) m

• Slovak: husár m
• Spanish: húsar (es) m
• Swedish: husar (sv) c
• Ukrainian: гуса́р m (husár)
• Welsh: Husâr m, Hwsâr m

Further reading

• hussar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• surahs, Husars, shuras, Shuars

Swedish

Noun

hussar

1. indefinite nominative plural of husse