chasseur
noun
(in the French army) one of a body of cavalry or infantry troops equipped and trained for rapid movement.
chasseurs
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pluralof chasseur.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
Besides these, there were two young French chasseurs going home on leave of absence, a pretty Parisian dress-maker flying from the cholera, a masculine woman, the wife of a dragoon, and my friend the captain.
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by N. Parker Willis
Taking refuge with a company of chasseurs, he saw a disguised Austrian spy enter the French camp.
From The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various
Flourens, all the same, pressing forward, arrived at the Malmaison, put Gallifet's chasseurs to flight, and the Parisian vanguard pushed as far as Bougival.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary
