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Definition of Cuirassier
1. Noun. A cavalryman equipped with a cuirass.
Definition of Cuirassier
1. n. A soldier armed with a cuirass.
2. n. In modern armies, a soldier of the heaviest cavalry, wearing a cuirass only when in full dress.
Definition of Cuirassier
1. Noun. (historical) A cavalry soldier equipped with a cuirass (armor). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cuirassier
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cuirassier
| cuffs cuffy cui bono cuica cuicas cuif cuifs cuigeals cuinage cuing | cuir-bouilli cuish cuishes cuisinart cuisinarts cuisine cuisines cuisse cuisser cuissers | cuisses cuit cuiter |
Literary usage of Cuirassier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Dress of the British Soldier: From the Earliest Period to by John Luard (1852)
"The cuirassier was to be similarly armed, with two pistols hanging at his
saddle-bow, a sword, stiff and sharp pointed, like the Lancier: he is also to wear ..."
2. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"A WOUNDED cuirassier QUITTING THE FIELD. more substantial. The king was the
obedient servant of his masterful Austrian consort, Maria Carolina, ..."
3. Stories & Verse of Williams by Alfred Dudley Britton, Philip Richards Dunbar, Charles Fisher Hepburn, Williams College (1900)
"THE cuirassier WITH a hearty dash and a sabre's clash, With a thousand gleams
... Who is there equals a cuirassier ? With a bold, brave air and a winning ..."
4. The History of Modern Painting by Richard Muther (1907)
"THE WOUNDED cuirassier. It was in the studio of Guerin, the tame and timid
Classicist, that the young assailants grew up, " the daubers of 1830," who called ..."
5. Napoleon; a History of the Art of War by Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1907)
"... I have got to know the limits of my eyes; I have never been able to learn the
limits of my work." cuirassier Trumpeter. ..."
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