Cuirassier

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  • noun. A horse soldier in European armies whose equipment included the cuirass.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A mounted soldier armed with the cuirass.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A soldier armed with a cuirass; especially, a soldier of the heaviest cavalry, wearing a cuirass only when in full dress.
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  • noun. A cavalry soldier equipped with a cuirass (armor).
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  • noun. a cavalryman equipped with a cuirass
    • Word Usage
    "A cuirassier is a cavalryman whose body is protected by a cuirass, a piece of defensive armor, covering the body from neck to girdle, and combining a breastplate and a back piece."
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