"voltigeur" meaning in All languages combined

See voltigeur on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: voltigeurs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French voltigeur, from voltiger (“to vault”), Italian volteggiare. See volt (“a tread”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|voltigeur}} French voltigeur, {{der|en|it|volteggiare}} Italian volteggiare Head templates: {{en-noun}} voltigeur (plural voltigeurs)
  1. (military, historical) One of a picked company of skirmishers in each regiment of the French infantry during the Napoleonic Wars. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-voltigeur-en-noun-NSLY~VJQ Categories (other): Military, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 62 9 6 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 7 5 38 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (Canada) A ranger. Tags: Canada
    Sense id: en-voltigeur-en-noun-n4xLBsy9 Categories (other): Canadian English

Noun [French]

IPA: /vɔl.ti.ʒœʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-voltigeur.wav [France, Toulouse], LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-voltigeur.wav [France] (note: Somain) Forms: voltigeurs [plural], voltigeuse [feminine]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=+}} voltigeur m (plural voltigeurs, feminine voltigeuse)
  1. voltigeur (all senses) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-voltigeur-fr-noun-E~k9t-FK
  2. (North America, baseball) outfielder Tags: North-America, masculine
    Sense id: en-voltigeur-fr-noun-1GJPnyTf Categories (other): North American French, Baseball, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

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