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CUIRASSIER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cuirassier mean?
• CUIRASSIER (noun)
The noun CUIRASSIER has 1 sense:
1. a cavalryman equipped with a cuirass
Familiarity information: CUIRASSIER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cavalryman equipped with a cuirass
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("cuirassier" is a kind of...):
cavalryman; trooper (a soldier mounted on horseback)
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