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

Author Nimier's hussars are a rough, vulgar, boisterous lot with little in common except being French and in the same outfit.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was born at Milan on the 5th of October 1858, was educated with a special view to military service, and in due time became a lieutenant in the first regiment of Rhenish hussars.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various