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uhlans
Part of speech: NounA kind of militia among the modern Tartars; a light cavalry of the Polish armies, armed with lance, sabre, & c.; the famous light cavalry of the Prussian armies, chiefly employed as irregulars in foraging, in outpost duty, and suchlike.
Usage examples "uhlans":- I think what made the company laugh so was the notion that I, Babache, captain of Uhlans, should measure my wit against Monsieur Voltaire's, and whether it were wit at all or not mattered little, for it served its purpose; it drove Monsieur Voltaire away from the supper table. - "Francezka", Molly Elliot Seawell.
- Now, if any one wishes to know what else Count Saxe was doing during those five long years, let him ask some one who knew him better and was more in his company than Babache, his captain of the body- guard of Uhlans. - "Francezka", Molly Elliot Seawell.
- Certainly not Babache, captain of Uhlans. - "Francezka", Molly Elliot Seawell.