Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cuirassier"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cuirassier \Cui`ras*sier"\, n. (Mil.)
In modern armies, a soldier of the heaviest cavalry, wearing
a cuirass only when in full dress.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cuirassier \Cui`ras*sier"\ (kw?`r?s-s?r"), n. [F. cuirassier.
See {Curass}.]
A soldier armed with a cuirass. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cuirassier
n : a cavalryman equipped with a cuirass
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