cuirassiers
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The show, he explained, displayed “a human mosaic of horsemen: Indians, Cossacks, cowboys, Bedouins, Mexicans, cuirassiers, Boers, Britons, 300 strong.”
From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2012
He has stepped up pomp and circumstance of the Quirinal Palace itself, which is guarded by 120 of the most imposing soldiers in Italy, the 6-ft.-6-in. cuirassiers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Queen Elena left the Quirinal Palace first in a State berlin, with a company of cuirassiers riding before.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then off all clattered, escorted by mounted cuirassiers of the ancient House of Savoy in gleaming breastplates.
From Time Magazine Archive
The whole way I thought of nothing but the cuirassiers.
From The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War by Chatrian, Alexandre
