hussar

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• /ˈhʌsə(ɹ)/
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• /həˈsɑː(ɹ)/ hyperforeign or from French hussard
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From hussar, in honour of a group of German soldiers who had established a large farm near the village.

Americanized form of Hungarian Huszar or Czech Husar.

Borrowed from French hussard, from Hungarian huszár (“cavalryman”), from Serbo-Croatian gusar (“corsair”), from Byzantine Greek χωσάριος, χονσάριος (khōsários, khonsários) or from Italian corsaro (“corsair”), from Medieval Latin cursārius (“pirate”), from Latin cursus (“running”), from currō (“run”). Doublet of corsair and courser.

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Carpathian Rusyn: гуса́рь (husárʹ) — light cavalry of any of several European armies
• Catalan: hússar — light cavalry of any of several European armies
• Chinese Mandarin: 輕騎兵 /轻骑兵 (qīngqíbīng) — light cavalry of any of several European armies
• Czech: husar — light cavalry of any of several European armies
• Dutch: huzaar — light cavalry of any of several European armies
• Esperanto: husaro — light cavalry of any of several European armies
• Finnish: husaari — light cavalry of any of several European armies
• French: hussard — light cavalry of any of several European armies
• German: Husar — light cavalry of any of several European armies
• Greek: ουσάρος (ousáros) — light cavalry of any of several European armies
• Hungarian: huszár — light cavalry of any of several European armies
• Italian: ussaro — light cavalry of any of several European armies
• Japanese: ユサール (yusāru) — light cavalry of any of several European armies
• Marathi: हसर (hasar) — light cavalry of any of several European armies
• Occitan: ussar — light cavalry of any of several European armies
• Polish: husarz — light cavalry of any of several European armies
• Polish: huzar — light cavalry of any of several European armies
• Portuguese: hussardo — light cavalry of any of several European armies
• Romanian: husar — light cavalry of any of several European armies
• Russian: гуса́р (gusár) — light cavalry of any of several European armies
• Serbo-Croatian: хусар — light cavalry of any of several European armies
• Serbo-Croatian: husar — light cavalry of any of several European armies
• Slovak: husár — light cavalry of any of several European armies
• Spanish: húsar — light cavalry of any of several European armies
• Swedish: husar — light cavalry of any of several European armies
• Ukrainian: гуса́р (husár) — light cavalry of any of several European armies
• Welsh: Husâr — light cavalry of any of several European armies
• Welsh: Hwsâr — light cavalry of any of several European armies