hussars

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Opposition supporters marched behind horsemen dressed as hussars -- Hungary's historic light cavalry formation.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

Vas, the local activist, acknowledged that the lake has dried out before, noting that in 1863 the Hungarian hussars trained with their horses in the lake bed.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2021

All this is chorally amplified, as in a Gilbert and Sullivan comedy; all the village girls forget their local sweethearts in favor of the military men until the hussars move on.

From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2014

The seventh day, the "Bills"� clogged the streets with a three-hour, 40-band march, disguised as cowpunchers, Zouaves, mummers, Turks, huntsmen, sailors, golfers, "Purple Devils," mounted police, hussars, Pilgrims.

From Time Magazine Archive

Apparently the men and woman ran away, and by so doing diverted the attention of the hussars from the shed.

From In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland by Morse, John