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noun
One of a picked company of skirmishers in each regiment of the French infantry during the Napoleonic Wars.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
A ranger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada
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History
Borrowed from French voltigeur, from voltiger (“to vault”), Italian volteggiare. See volt (“a tread”).
