"uhlan" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈ(j)uːlən/ [UK] Forms: uhlans [plural]
Etymology: From French uhlan, from German Uhlan, from Polish ułan, from Ottoman Turkish اوغلان (oğlan). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|uhlan}} French uhlan, {{der|en|de|Uhlan}} German Uhlan, {{der|en|pl|ułan}} Polish ułan, {{der|en|ota|اوغلان|tr=oğlan}} Ottoman Turkish اوغلان (oğlan) Head templates: {{en-noun}} uhlan (plural uhlans)
  1. (historical) A lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit of the Polish, Prussian or German, Austrian, and Russian armies. Tags: historical Synonyms: ulan Coordinate_terms: cavalryman, cuirassier, dragoon, hussar, lancer, trooper, yeoman Translations (soldier with lance): ulanlar (Azerbaijani), улан (ulan) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ulà [masculine] (Catalan), hulán (Czech), ulaan (Dutch), ulaani (Finnish), uhlan [masculine] (French), ulano (Galician), Ulan [masculine] (German), ουλάνος (oulános) [masculine] (Greek), ulánus (Hungarian), dzsidás (Hungarian), ulano [masculine] (Italian), ウーラン (ūran) (Japanese), ұлан (ūlan) (Kazakh), ulonai (Lithuanian), ऊलन (ūlan) [masculine] (Marathi), ulan (Norwegian), ułan [masculine] (Polish), ulano [masculine] (Portuguese), улан (ulan) [masculine] (Russian), улани (Serbo-Croatian), ulanu (Sicilian), ulanec [masculine] (Slovene), ulano [masculine] (Spanish), ulan [common-gender] (Swedish), улан (ulan) (Ukrainian), ulan (West Frisian)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ulan",
      "sense": "soldier with lance",
      "word": "улан"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "soldier with lance",
      "word": "ulan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "uhlan"
}

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