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Definition of Chasseur
1. n. One of a body of light troops, cavalry or infantry, trained for rapid movements.
Definition of Chasseur
1. Noun. A soldier equipped for rapid movement; also, any of several light infantry regiments, especially in France. ¹
2. Noun. A servant or attendant. ¹
3. Noun. A hotel messenger, especially in France. ¹
4. Noun. A style of cooking in which meat is cooked with a sauce containing mushrooms, shallots and white wine ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chasseur
1. a cavalry soldier [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chasseur
| chasmiest chasmlike chasmogamous chasmogamy chasmophyte chasmophytes chasms chasmy chast chaste tree | chasted chastely chasten chasten'd chastened |
Literary usage of Chasseur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fables amusantes: avec une table général et particulière des mots et de leur by John Perrin, Evert Duyckinck (1821)
"Le Fermier, le chasseur, et le Cerf. UN Cerf vivement poursuivi par un chasseur,
... Le chasseur parut quelques momens après, et demanda au Fermier, ..."
2. Manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians: Including Their Private Life by John Gardner Wilkinson (1837)
"... and the chasseur, whose bow appears to have been less powerful than those used
in war, occasionally held spare arrows in his right hand, while he pulled ..."
3. Folk Songs by John Williamson Palmer (1861)
"THE MERRY chasseur. O, a gallant sans-peur Is the merry chasseur, With his fanfaron
horn, and his rifle, ping-pang! And his grand haversack Of gold on his ..."
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