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
There are proud mutterings of hussars, lancers, and Royal Scots Greys, tones of awe for the Panzergrenadiers.
From Time Magazine Archive
A regiment of hussars was 600 strong; and field-artillery, with fifty-six guns, besides machine-guns, extended about a mile and a half along one of the country roads.
From In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland by John Morse
