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Definition of hussar noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hussar

noun
 
/həˈzɑː(r)/
 
/həˈzɑːr/
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  1. (in the past) a cavalry soldier who carried light weapons
    Word Originfrom Hungarian huszár, from Old Serbian husar, from Italian corsaro, from medieval Latin cursarius, from cursus ‘a raid, plunder’, special use of Latin cursus ‘course’, from currere ‘to run’.
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