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Pronunciation : Hus*sar"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Hung. husz?r, from husz twenty, because under King Matthais I., in the fifteenth century, every twenty houses were to furnish one horse soldier; cf. G. husar, F. houssard, hussard, from the same source.] (Mil.)
Definition : Defn: Originally, one of the national cavalry of Hungary and Croatia; now, one of the light cavalry of European armies.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913