cuirassier

A noun referring to a soldier, specifically a cavalryman, who is equipped with a cuirass (a piece of armor covering the torso).

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant un soldat de cavalerie lourde équipé d'une cuirasse, partie de l'armure protégeant le torse.

1. Armored cavalry soldier C2 formal

   A soldier in a cavalry unit who wears a cuirass (a piece of armor covering the torso) for protection.

   • The cuirassier charged across the battlefield with his regiment.
   • Historical reenactors dressed as cuirassiers demonstrated 18th-century combat techniques.
   • The cuirassier's armor was polished to a brilliant shine before the parade.

   🇫🇷Cavalerie cuirassée

• cuirassiers plural form
• cuirassiers' possessive plural form
• cuirassier's possessive singular form