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Definition of Cuirassiers
1. cuirassier [n] - See also: cuirassier
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cuirassiers
| cuffy cui bono cuica cuicas cuif cuifs cuigeals cuinage cuing cuir-bouilli | cuish cuishes cuisinart cuisinarts cuisine cuisines cuisse cuisser cuissers cuisses | cuit cuiter cuitered |
Literary usage of Cuirassiers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The history of the French revolution, tr. with notes by F. Shoberl by Thomas Carlyle, Marie Joseph L. Adolphe Thiers (1838)
"The cuirassiers dashed away, but the Orleans battalions dispersed, and deserted
the general and the cuirassiers, who charged the battery. ..."
2. 1815, Waterloo by Henry Houssaye (1905)
"First and second charges of the cuirassiers of Milhaud and of the light cavalry of
... Order from the Emperor to the cuirassiers of Kellermann and to the ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1892)
"The cavalry consists of 29 regiments of dragoons, 21 of chasseurs, 18 of cuirassiers.
12 of hussars, and 6 of Algerian chasseurs—in all SO regular regiments ..."
4. The Life of Wellington: The Restoration of the Martial Power of Great Britain by Herbert Maxwell (1900)
"... and that he had with him only a single brigade of cuirassiers, the other three
brigades being far to the rear, in accordance with Ney's own commands. ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... defensive armour in place of the Roman and Germanic infantry, marked a like
innovation in the East, at an earlier period. The Byzantine cuirassiers, or ..."
6. History of Europe: From the Commencement of the French Revolution to the by Archibald Alison (1850)
"Meanwhile the Guards and cuirassiers, in great strength, followed the Emperor
like a torrent across the bridges into the city; and it was soon apparent, ..."
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