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cui⋅ras⋅sier

  [kweer-uh-seer]
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–noun
a cavalry soldier wearing a cuirass.
Origin:
1545–55; < F; see cuirass, -ier 2
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cui·ras·sier   (kwîr'ə-sîr')   
n.  A horse soldier in European armies whose equipment included the cuirass.

[French, from cuirasse, cuirass, from Old French, curasse; see cuirass.]
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