Synonyms for uhlans

Grammar : Noun

Spell : oo-lahn, yoo-luh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˈu lɑn, ˈyu lən

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Définition of uhlans

Origin : "cavalryman," 1753, from German Uhlan, from Polish ułan "a lancer," from Turkish oghlan "a youth." For sense evolution, cf. infantry.

As in cavalry : noun troops riding horses

Example sentences :

The triumphal entry of the Austrian uhlans and artillery into Przemysl.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various

Another was holding up two helmets which must have been worn by Uhlans.
Extract from : « The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields » by Lieut. Howard Payson

He had insisted that morning that the uhlans that they sighted were some of Bazaine's troops.
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

As they approached the two Uhlans Ned slackened the speed of the motors.
Extract from : « Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal » by G. Harvey Ralphson

In another instant the two were surrounded by officers and Uhlans.
Extract from : « Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal » by G. Harvey Ralphson

Of the Uhlans forty-seven were killed, and nineteen wounded remained on the ground.
Extract from : « The Young Franc Tireurs » by G. A. Henty

One is an officer of a Scottish regiment and the other a private in the Uhlans.
Extract from : « Current History, A Monthly Magazine » by New York Times

My Uhlans come galloping down the hill; I hear them bawling 'Halt!
Extract from : « Lorraine » by Robert W. Chambers

He was perfectly cool now; he neither feared the Uhlans nor the franc-tireurs.
Extract from : « Lorraine » by Robert W. Chambers

There is absolutely nothing in the Paris papers about the 11th Uhlans, and I am astonished.
Extract from : « Lorraine » by Robert W. Chambers

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