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Definition of Chasseurs
1. chasseur [n] - See also: chasseur
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chasseurs
| chasmlike chasmogamous chasmogamy chasmophyte chasmophytes chasms chasmy chast chaste tree chasted | chastely chasten chasten'd chastened chastener |
Literary usage of Chasseurs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1892)
"The cavalry consists of 29 regiments of dragoons, 21 of chasseurs, ... 12 of
hussars, and 6 of Algerian chasseurs—in all SO regular regiments, ..."
2. Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year by New-York Historical Society (1880)
"1 Captain of chasseurs 1 1 First & 1 2d L! of Do 2 1 Ensign of Infantry 1 2
Sergeants chasseurs 2 3 Fouriers of Infantry, one of each corps 3 1 Capt. of ..."
3. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1868)
"India is constructed, and though mounted on Algerine horses, the horsemen called '
the chasseurs d'Afrique' were French at the time now spoken of, ..."
4. Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year by New-York Historical Society (1880)
"1 Captain of chasseurs I 1 First & 1 2d L! of Do 2 1 Ensign of Infantry 1 3
Fouriers of Infantry, one of each corps 3 1 Capt. of Arms—chasseurs i 1 Surgeon ..."
5. Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918 by Massachusetts Constitutional Convention (1920)
"On the 13th of June, 1918, the Sergeant-at-Arms escorted into the chamber nearly
one hundred of the chasseurs-à-Pied, the so-called “Blue ..."
6. Memoirs and Letters and Journals of Major General Riedesel During His by Max von Eelking, (Friedrich Adolf) Riedesel (1868)
"Inasmuch as the company of chasseurs have done such extraordinary good service
... to take from the other regiments those chasseurs, that are well drilled, ..."
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