chasseur
Americannoun
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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
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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
Thanks partly to the style with which Ritz served them, trompe sauce chasseur became a mouth-watering success.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Rogue and vagabond" and a French chasseur were things that could in no way be coupled together, or rather should not be.
From In the Year '13 A Tale of Mecklenburg Life by Reuter, Fritz
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
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
Interest in New Mexico.—French voyageurs, chasseurs, and traders of Louisiana and Canada continued to look with covetous eyes toward New Mexico.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
The chasseurs are a separate unit from the French infantry and have their own particular customs.
From Average Americans by Roosevelt, Theodore
Under scattered and furtive shots from German muskets we had retreated through the forest with our dead prophetess, until night ended pursuit by the chasseurs, and we ourselves had lost our direction.
From The Little Red Foot by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
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