Synonyms for chasseurs
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sha-sur; French sha-sœr |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʃæˈsɜr; French ʃaˈsœr |
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Définition of chasseurs
Origin :- mobile foot-soldier, 1796, French, literally "huntsman," from Old French chaceor "huntsman, hunter," from chacier "to chase" (see chase (v.)).
- As in cavalry : noun troops riding horses
- He entered the army and became one of the Chasseurs d'Afrique.
- Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson
- They were robbing him, the zouaves and chasseurs were plundering his house.
- Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
- I had not asked his name, but his regiment I knew to be the 22nd Chasseurs cheval.
- Extract from : « Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune » by Charles James Lever
- We were conducted through the forest of Evreux, by an escort236 of chasseurs.
- Extract from : « The Stranger in France » by John Carr
- He promised to reinforce Vidal at once with three battalions of chasseurs.
- Extract from : « 1914 » by John French, Viscount of Ypres
- She is probably at Rome with her son, a lieutenant of chasseurs.
- Extract from : « Sentimental Education, Volume II » by Gustave Flaubert
- I followed a regiment of the chasseurs of Vincennes to their field of drill.
- Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 » by Various
- The attack of the Sixth Chasseurs secured the retreat of our right flank.
- Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
- Trenck also had 600 hussars and 150 chasseurs, whom he equipped at his own expense.
- Extract from : « The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck » by Baron Trenck
- All the African troops were out—Zouaves, chasseurs, tirailleurs.
- Extract from : « The Figure In The Mirage » by Robert Hichens
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