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 Saudis lay claim to Jordan's Aqaba area, now being evacuated by the last of the British hussars.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cavalry is organized in regiments of cuirassiers, dragoons, lancers, hussars and mounted rifles,7 the regiments having four service and one depot squadrons.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various
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