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hus⋅sar

  [hoo-zahr]
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–noun
1. (originally) one of a body of Hungarian light cavalry formed during the 15th century.
2. a member of a class of similar troops, usually with striking or flamboyant uniforms, in European armies.
Origin:
1525–35; < Hungarian huszár < Serbo-Croatian hȕsār brigand, pirate < ML cursārius corsair
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hus·sar   (hə-zär', -sär')   
n.  

  1. A horseman of the Hungarian light cavalry organized during the 15th century.

  2. A member of any of similar, ornately uniformed European units of light cavalry.


[Hungarian huszár, from Serbian husar, highwayman, from Old Italian corsaro; see corsair.]
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hussar 
1532, from Ger. Husar, from Hungarian huszar "light horseman," originally "freebooter," from O.Serb. husar, var. of kursar "pirate," from It. corsaro (see corsair). Bodies of light horsemen organized in Hungary late 15c., widely imitated elsewhere in Europe.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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