"hussar" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhʌsə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hussar.wav [Southern-England] Forms: hussars [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French hussard, from Hungarian huszár (“cavalryman”), from Serbo-Croatian gusar (“highwayman, brigand”), 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*-tus}}, {{bor|en|fr|hussard}} French hussard, {{der|en|hu|huszár||cavalryman}} Hungarian huszár (“cavalryman”), {{der|en|sh|gusar||highwayman, brigand}} Serbo-Croatian gusar (“highwayman, brigand”), {{der|en|gkm|χωσάριος, χονσάριος}} Byzantine Greek χωσάριος, χονσάριος (khōsários, khonsários), {{der|en|it|corsaro||corsair}} Italian corsaro (“corsair”), {{der|en|ML.|cursārius||pirate}} Medieval Latin cursārius (“pirate”), {{der|en|la|cursus||running}} Latin cursus (“running”), {{m|la|currō||run}} currō (“run”), {{doublet|en|corsair|courser}} Doublet of corsair and courser Head templates: {{en-noun}} hussar (plural hussars)
  1. (historical) A member of the national cavalry of Hungary, Croatia and Poland. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-hussar-en-noun-tVzZqohm
  2. A member of the light cavalry of any of several European armies. Translations (light cavalry of any of several European armies): гуса́рь (husárʹ) [masculine] (Carpathian Rusyn), hússar [masculine] (Catalan), 輕騎兵 (Chinese Mandarin), 轻骑兵 (qīngqíbīng) (Chinese Mandarin), husar [masculine] (Czech), huzaar [masculine] (Dutch), husaro (Esperanto), husaari (Finnish), hussard [masculine] (French), Husar [masculine] (German), ουσάρος (ousáros) [masculine] (Greek), huszár (Hungarian), ussaro [masculine] (Italian), ユサール (yusāru) (Japanese), ussar (Occitan), husarz [masculine] (Polish), hussardo [masculine] (Portuguese), husar [masculine] (Romanian), гуса́р (gusár) [masculine] (Russian), хусар [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), husar [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), husár [masculine] (Slovak), húsar [masculine] (Spanish), husar [common-gender] (Swedish), гуса́р (husár) [masculine] (Ukrainian), Husâr [masculine] (Welsh), Hwsâr [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-hussar-en-noun-Xa8XFdwq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of 'light cavalry of any of several European armies': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: cavalryman, cuirassier, dragoon, lancer, trooper, uhlan, yeoman

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      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "light cavalry of any of several European armies",
      "word": "ussar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "light cavalry of any of several European armies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "husarz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "light cavalry of any of several European armies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hussardo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "light cavalry of any of several European armies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "husar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gusár",
      "sense": "light cavalry of any of several European armies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гуса́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "light cavalry of any of several European armies",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хусар"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "light cavalry of any of several European armies",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "husar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "light cavalry of any of several European armies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "husár"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "light cavalry of any of several European armies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "húsar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "light cavalry of any of several European armies",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "husar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "husár",
      "sense": "light cavalry of any of several European armies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гуса́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "light cavalry of any of several European armies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Husâr"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "light cavalry of any of several European armies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hwsâr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hussar"
}

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