chasseur
Americannoun
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chasseurs
plural
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(in the French army) one of a body of cavalry or infantry troops equipped and trained for rapid movement.
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a uniformed footman or attendant; liveried servant.
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a hunter.
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Also called hunter's sauce. French Cooking. a brown sauce, usually containing mushrooms, tomatoes, shallots, white wine, etc.
noun
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French army a member of a unit specially trained and equipped for swift deployment
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(in some parts of Europe, esp formerly) a uniformed attendant, esp one in the livery of a huntsman
adjective
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Origin of chasseur
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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
Instead each American company was divided up into little groups and a chasseur placed at the head of each group.
From The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces by Heywood Broun
There was the visit of George VI, when the King held his salute for a battalion of chasseurs a pied until the last little proud-eyed rear guard quick-stepped by.
From Time Magazine Archive
Recently when "Daisy" visited her delighted chasseurs they did everything they could think of to show their gratitude, including a dash up among snow-crested crags to shoot chamois for her lunch.
From Time Magazine Archive
A few French Canadians and an occasional man from New Orleans could converse with the chasseurs and one or two phrases had been acquired by men hitherto entirely ignorant of French.
From The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces by Heywood Broun
G. Crémieux on his return found the chasseurs struggling with the crowd, who sought to disarm them.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary
The Viscount de Noailles, brother-in-law of Lafayette, and colonel of the chasseurs of Alsace, was afterward a member of the States General, and principal author of the famous deliberations of the 4th of August.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
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