hussar
hussar Lexical Profile
hussar Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A soldier in one of various European light cavalry regiments, originally established in Hungary during the 15th century and renowned for wearing ornate, braided uniforms.
"The museum exhibition featured a 19th-century portrait of a young hussar dressed in a richly braided jacket."
Australian A nocturnal marine reef fish of the snapper family Lutjanidae (Lutjanus adetii), native to the tropical western Pacific and Australian waters, characterized by a pinkish-red body with a distinct yellow horizontal stripe.
"While snorkeling along the Great Barrier Reef, the marine biologists observed a school of hussars sheltering beneath a coral ledge."
A terrestrial African monkey (Erythrocebus patas), more commonly known as the patas monkey or hussar monkey, native to semi-arid savanna habitats and distinguished by its reddish-brown coat and white facial mustache.
"The wildlife documentary captured a hussar sprinting across the open savanna to evade a nearby predator."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the 16th century via German from Hungarian huszár, itself derived from Old Serbian gusar ('pirate, raider'), which goes back through Medieval Greek to Latin cursārius ('raider, corsair').
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