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
Example sentences :
  • 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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