Meaning

2 senses

  1. (historical)A member of the national cavalry of Hungary, Croatia and Poland.

    a member of a European light cavalry unit; renowned for elegant dress

  2. A member of the light cavalry of any of several European armies.

    Husar

    гуса́рgusár

    гуса́рhusár

Examples

3 sentences

  1. The next day the hussar was worse.

    ruНа другой день гусару стало хуже.

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  2. Another day passed, and the hussar recovered completely.

    ruПрошёл ещё день, и гусар совсем оправился.

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  3. The hussars are Hungarian cavalrymen.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
light cavalry of any of several European armies:
Русский
By meaning 1
light cavalry of any of several European armies:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
light cavalry of any of several European armies:

Origin

Borrowed from French hussard, from Hungarian huszár (“cavalryman”), from Serbo-Croatian gu

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.

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Forms

plural: hussars
Singularhussar
Pluralhussars

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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