chasseur

American  

[sha-sur, sha-sœr] / ʃæˈsɜr, ʃaˈsœr /

noun

chasseurs plural

1. (in the French army) one of a body of cavalry or infantry troops equipped and trained for rapid movement.

2. a uniformed footman or attendant; liveried servant.

3. a hunter.

4. Also called hunter's sauce.  French Cooking. a brown sauce, usually containing mushrooms, tomatoes, shallots, white wine, etc.

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chasseur British  

/ ʃæˈsɜː, ʃasœr /

noun

1. French army a member of a unit specially trained and equipped for swift deployment

2. (in some parts of Europe, esp formerly) a uniformed attendant, esp one in the livery of a huntsman

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adjective

1. (often postpositive) designating or cooked in a sauce consisting of white wine and mushrooms

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• chasseurs
  plural

Etymology

Origin of chasseur

1790–1800; < French: literally, chaser; see chase ¹, -eur

Example Sentences

Channeling another part of Southern Europe, Cathédrale will offer French-Mediterranean pissaladière, bouillabaisse and rotisserie chicken chasseur by the executive chef Jason Hall, who cooked at Gotham Bar and Grill.

From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2019

Pinckney was at the dinner that night, trying to acknowledge and refute history over watermelon brandy, chowchow, shrimp pie, chapon chasseur, and truffled squab served with silver ewers of walnut ketchup.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 17, 2017

Unfortunately, a chasseur potpie with filet tips tasted like a dull beef stew; its flaky puff pastry crust could not save it.

From New York Times • May 23, 2014

At six that same morning Colonel Gamelin, inconspicuous in his dark chasseur uniform, mysterious to other officers in his influence on Joffre, saw the same opportunity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then you do ample justice to your dinner, and having satisfied your faim de chasseur, you go into the drawing-room, and ask your wife to play and sing to you.

From The Intellectual Life by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert