"zouave" meaning in English

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          "text": "The French soldiers, for whom this uniform was patterned and made, were, as a rule, much smaller in stature than the American soldier, and hence the imported zouave uniforms distributed, in many cases, were entirely too short for the many giants in stature in the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Regiment.",
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          "text": "I also engaged a French zouave, named Bornet, belonging to the Third Regiment, whose term of service was just out.",
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