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Type of heavy cavalry that wore a cuirass
A cuirassier (/ˌkwɪrəˈsɪər/ KWIRR-ə-SEER; French: [kɥiʁasje]; French for 'one wearing a cuirass') was a cavalryman equipped with a cuirass, sword, and
Cuirassier
Italian Carabinieri regiment
The Cuirassiers Regiment (Italian: Reggimento corazzieri) is a Carabinieri cavalry regiment acting as guard of honour of the President of the Italian
Cuirassiers_Regiment_(Italy)
1814 painting by Théodore Géricault
The Wounded Cuirassier (French: Le Cuirassier blessé quittant le feu) is an oil painting of a single anonymous soldier descending a slope with his nervous
The_Wounded_Cuirassier
Former tank regiment of the French Army
The 6th-12th Cuirassier Regiment (French: 6e-12e Régiment de Cuirassiers,6e-12e RC) was an armoured cavalry (tank) regiment of the French Army. It was
6th-12th_Cuirassier_Regiment
was minimalist and restricted almost entirely to cavalry, primarily to cuirassiers and, to a lesser degree, carabiniers and dragoons. Armour had been in
Armour_in_the_18th_century
Former tank regiment of the French Army
The 1st–11th Cuirassier Regiment (French: 1er-11e Régiment de Cuirassiers, 1er-11e RC) was an armoured (tank) regiment of the French Army. It was the armoured
1st-11th_Cuirassier_Regiment
Painting by Ernest Meissonier
1805, Cuirassiers Before the Charge (French: 1805, Les Cuirassiers avant la charge), also known as Cuirassiers of 1805, before battle or 1805, is an 1878
1805, Cuirassiers Before the Charge
1805,_Cuirassiers_Before_the_Charge
Military unit
Majesty's Life-Guards Cuirassier Regiment, and Her Majesty's Life-Guards Cuirassier Regiment), the Chevalier Guards were equipped as cuirassiers (with some differences
Chevalier_Guard_Regiment
Military unit
Cuirassier Regiment (French: 6e Régiment de Cuirassiers,6e RC) was an ancient French cavalry regiment. It has since merged with the 12th Cuirassier Regiment
6th Cuirassier Regiment (France)
6th_Cuirassier_Regiment_(France)
Heavy cavalry sabre
The Sabre de cuirassier modèle An IX (lit. 'Cuirassier saber, model of the ninth year') or the Sabre modèle An IX (lit. 'sabre, model of the ninth year')
Sabre de cuirassier modèle An IX
Sabre_de_cuirassier_modèle_An_IX
Cavalry with strong armor, horses, and weaponry
twenty cuirassier regiments. Imperial Russia formed its own cuirassier regiments in 1732, including a Leib Guards regiment. The Russian cuirassier units
Heavy_cavalry
Military unit
The 1st Cuirassier Regiment (French: 1er Régiment de Cuirassiers, 1er RC) was the oldest armoured regiment in the French Army, until it was amalgamated
1st Cuirassier Regiment (France)
1st_Cuirassier_Regiment_(France)
English Civil War cavalry unit
First English Civil War. The unit was one of very few units raised as cuirassiers, equipped in suits of plate armour reaching from head to knee. It had
London_Lobsters
The 13 Cuirassier regiments of Old Prussia (Kavallerieregimenter der altpreußischen Armee) were formed in the mid-17th to mid-18th centuries, and formed
Old Prussian Cuirassier regiments
Old_Prussian_Cuirassier_regiments
Imperial Cuirassier - Colonel Giulio Marchese Rangoni Strozzi Imperial Cuirassier (Veteran) - Colonel Giacomo Strozzi Trèka Imperial Cuirassier - Colonel
Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) order of battle
Battle_of_Breitenfeld_(1631)_order_of_battle
Military unit
The 12th Cuirassier Regiment (French: 12e Régiment de Cuirassiers, 12e RC) is an armoured cavalry (tank) regiment of the French Army. It provides the armoured
12th Cuirassier Regiment (France)
12th_Cuirassier_Regiment_(France)
Prussian army unit
The Guards Cuirassiers (German: Garde-Kürassier-Regiment) were a heavy cavalry regiment of the Royal Prussian Army. Formed in 1815 as an Uhlans regiment
Guards_Cuirassiers_(Prussia)
the beginning of the French Revolution and rose in rank to command a cuirassier regiment by the start of the First French Empire. During the Napoleonic
Jean-Pierre_Doumerc
French General
at the age of 14. In 1807 he became the commanding officer of the 1st Cuirassier Regiment. In 1809 he led his cavalrymen at Eckmühl, Ratisbon, Aspern-Essling
Sigismond Frédéric de Berckheim
Sigismond_Frédéric_de_Berckheim
Historical form of cavalry
heavily-armoured cavalrymen such as the demi-lancer, or pistol-armed cavalry – the cuirassier and reiter. Towards the mid-17th century, the harquebusier became the
Harquebusier
1745 battle
Regiment Palffy Cuirassier Regiment Bretlach Cuirassier Regiment Liechtenstein Dragoon Regiment Hohenembs Cuirassier Regiment St. Ignon Cuirassier Regiment Right
Battle_of_Soor
Military unit
The Gardes du Corps (Regiment der Gardes du Corps) was the royal cuirassier guard regiment unit of the king of Prussia and, after 1871, of the German Emperor
Life_Guards_(Prussia)
Former French cavalry regiment
The 3rd Cuirassier Regiment (French: 3e Régiment de Cuirassiers, 3e RC) was a cavalry regiment of the French Army, later reequipped as an armored regiment
3rd Cuirassier Regiment (France)
3rd_Cuirassier_Regiment_(France)
- Metz 5e Régiment de Cuirassiers (5th Cuirassier Regiment) - United Arab Emirates 12e Régiment de Cuirassiers (12th Cuirassier Regiment), 2e Brigade
List_of_French_Army_regiments
von Beeren Beeren Cuirassier Regiment # 2, five squadrons Gensdarmes Cuirassier Regiment # 10, five squadrons Garde du Corps Cuirassier Regiment # 13, five
Battle of Jena–Auerstedt order of battle
Battle_of_Jena–Auerstedt_order_of_battle
Spiked helmet of the Prussian and German military
new headwear was inspired by the leather helmet worn by the Russian cuirassiers, with the plumed crest being replaced by a pointed ornament in the shape
Pickelhaube
Uniforms of the army of Napoleon I
and brass chin scales. The Cuirassier's uniform consisted of a blue coat with long tails until 1804, when all Cuirassier regiments began to wear cuirasses
Uniforms_of_the_Grande_Armée
Military unit
artillery reserve, and the Cavalry Reserve. The latter consisted of two cuirassier, one light cavalry, and five dragoon divisions, including one dismounted
Reserve Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée)
Reserve_Cavalry_Corps_(Grande_Armée)
Type of mounted soldiers
regiment compared to 50 in a Cuirassier regiment) and therefore ten fewer regular troopers (660 Dragoons compared to 670 Cuirassiers). The average regimental
Dragoon
Personal body armour made from metal plates
troops of the period were heavy cavalry, such as the gendarmes and early cuirassiers, but the infantry troops of the Swiss mercenaries and the Landsknechts
Plate_armour
Military unit
The 2nd Cuirassier Regiment (French: 2e régiment de cuirassiers or 2e RC) was an armoured unit of the French Army, which originated as a cavalry and then
2nd Cuirassier Regiment (France)
2nd_Cuirassier_Regiment_(France)
Wittenberg) Torstensson Leib Cuirassier Hesse Cuirassier Duval Cuirassier – Colonel Tobias Macdougall Hoking Cuirassier Kinsky Cuirassier Detachments: each regiment
Battle of Breitenfeld (1642) order of battle
Battle_of_Breitenfeld_(1642)_order_of_battle
Part of the Thirty Years' War in 1638
Alt-Werth Cuirassier Regiment, Pürtmüller Cuirassier Regiment, Combined (Bavarian) Cuirassier Company, Redotti Cuirassier Regiment, Venlen Cuirassier Regiment
Bernard's Upper Rhine Campaign
Bernard's_Upper_Rhine_Campaign
following units: 5th Light Mechanized Armoured Brigade 1st Cuirassier Armoured Regiment 2nd Cuirassier Armoured Regiment 6th Light Mechanized Infantry Brigade
3rd Light Mechanized Division (France)
3rd_Light_Mechanized_Division_(France)
Mass-produced late medieval body armour
armour stockpiled in armouries to equip both foot soldiers and mounted cuirassiers. During the Late Middle Ages, plate armour was expensive and tailor-made
Munition_armour
Military unit
the regiment was transformed into a heavy cavalry regiment, and later a cuirassier regiment which ended the royalist lineage of the regiment. After a brief
Dauphin's_Cavalry_Regiment
Army of the Electorate and Kingdom of Bavaria
service. Seven regiments of infantry, two regiments of dragoons and two of cuirassiers were set up, along with an artillery corps. The traditional mid-blue
Bavarian_Army
Lhéritier was promoted to colonel and given the command of the 10th Cuirassiers. In this capacity, he was noted for his brave charge at the Battle of
Samuel-François_Lhéritier
Painting by Théodore Géricault
A Charge of Cuirassiers is an 1823 history painting by the French artist Théodore Géricault. It portrays a battle scene from the Napoleonic Wars as charging
A_Charge_of_Cuirassiers
1815 battle of the Waterloo campaign
Milhaud's cuirassiers, joined by lancers from Baron Jaquinot's 1st Cavalry Division. As Ponsonby tried to rally his men against the French cuirassiers, he was
Battle_of_Waterloo
Battle during Hungarian Revolution of 1848
revolutionary Army led by Colonel Arisztid Dessewffy against a squadron of Cuirassiers of the Austrian Empire. The Hungarians ambushed the Austrian cavalry
Raid_of_Kompolt
Military unit
2nd Cuirassier Division: General of Division Pierre Watier 5th Cuirassier Regiment (4 squadrons) 8th Cuirassier Regiment (4 squadrons) 10th Cuirassier Regiment
II Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée)
II_Cavalry_Corps_(Grande_Armée)
Military unit
The Cuirassier Regiment "Queen" (Pomeranian) No. 2 (German: Kürassier-Regiment "Königin" (Pommersches) Nr. 2) was a Prussian cavalry regiment. Formed in
2nd (Pomeranian) Cuirassier Regiment "Queen"
2nd_(Pomeranian)_Cuirassier_Regiment_"Queen"
Swedish Army cavalry unit (1791–1927)
of the Livregementetsbrigadens kyriassiärkår ("Life Regiment Brigade Cuirassier Corps"), which consisted of the companies closest to the capital and which
Life_Regiment_Dragoons
Military unit formed of guards
disbanded again around 1715. In 1740, King Frederick II established a cuirassier regiment as his Gardes du Corps, which existed until the Prussian Army
Garde_du_Corps
Military unit
was a heavy cavalry of the Royal Saxon Army. Established in 1680 as a cuirassier unit, the regiment fought in the Battle of Vienna (1683), the Nine Years'
1st Royal Saxon Guards Heavy Cavalry
1st_Royal_Saxon_Guards_Heavy_Cavalry
Painting by John Martin
The Raft of the Medusa; The Woman with a Gambling Mania; The Wounded Cuirassier Girodet: The Burial of Atala; Pygmalion and Galatea; Scene from a Deluge
Pandemonium_(painting)
Turning maneuver on horseback
suffered 50% casualties and retreated from Johann von Götzen's Imperial cuirassier and Ottavio Piccolomini's cavalry arquebusier regiments who used the caracole
Caracole
Military unit
Infantry, line infantry, and cavalry regiments (Chevau-légers, Dragoons and cuirassiers) together. The artillery as a third independent branch of service and
Royal_Saxon_Army
Type of heavy cavalry armed with pistols and a sword
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Tsardom of Russia, and others. Contemporary to the cuirassier and lancer cavalry, they used smaller horses, for which reason they were
Reiter
Regiment (1670–1789) Zealand Cuirassier Regiment (1670–1767) Schleswig Cuirassier Regiment (1675–1842) Oldenburg Cuirassier Regiment (1703–1767) Fortress
List_of_Danish_regiments
Russian lieutenant general (1775–1829)
wounded in the arm. In 1811, he was made chief of His Majesty's Life-Guards Cuirassier Regiment, and maintained this command through the French invasion of Russia
Karl_Ludwig_von_Budberg
Square in Berlin, Germany
Christian Unger in 1773. The Gendarmenmarkt is named after a Prussian cuirassier regiment called the Gendarmen [de], which had stables at the square until
Gendarmenmarkt
Combatants at the start of the war in 1870
Brigade : Gen. Girard 1st Cuirassier Regiment 2nd Cuirassier Regiment 2nd Brigade (?) 3rd Cuirassier Regiment 4th Cuirassier Regiment 2nd Division Artillery
Franco-Prussian War order of battle
Franco-Prussian_War_order_of_battle
(Brigade detached to I Reserve Armeekorps) Kaiser Cuirassier Regiment # 1 (6 squadrons) Gottesheim Cuirassier Regiment # 6 (6 squadrons) 6-pdr cavalry battery
Battle of Abensberg order of battle
Battle_of_Abensberg_order_of_battle
Helmet that fully encloses the head, with pivoted bevor
Renaissance eras. It was also used by some heavily armoured, pistol-armed cuirassiers into the mid-17th century. It is a fully enclosing helmet with a pivoting
Close_helmet
– 25 February 1759) was a Prussian major general and commander of the Cuirassier Regiment No. 1. He was the Amtshauptmann of the Giebichenstein and Moritzburg
Hans_Caspar_von_Krockow
2nd Cuirassier Regiment 587 9th Cuirassier Regiment Brigade GB Antoine Decrest de Saint-Germain 551 3rd Cuirassier Regiment 587 12th Cuirassier Regiment
Battle of Aspern-Essling order of battle
Battle_of_Aspern-Essling_order_of_battle
Danish army officer and landowner (1743–1817)
Castenschiold enlisted in the Danish army as an officer at the Schleswig Cuirassier Regiment, and was eventually promoted to the rank of major in 1776. He
Joachim_Castenschiold
Lebrun de La Houssaye 2ème Régiment de Cuirassiers (304 in 3 sqns) – Colonel Yvendorff 9ème Régiment de Cuirassiers (280 in 3 sqns) – Colonel Doumerc 3rd
Battle of Austerlitz order of battle
Battle_of_Austerlitz_order_of_battle
Painting by Horace Vernet
painting titled The Wounded Cuirassier (initially titled Portrait of Colonel de Moncey, although Moncey a hussar not a cuirassier) is attributed to Théodore
La_Barrière_de_Clichy
(companies) Imperial Cuirassier Regiments Capara (Caprara) Cuirassier Regiment 10 Montecuccoli Cuirassier Regiment 10 Taff (Taaffe) Cuirassier Regiment 10 Rabatta
Battle of Vienna order of battle
Battle_of_Vienna_order_of_battle
Painting by Leonardo da Vinci
The Raft of the Medusa; The Woman with a Gambling Mania; The Wounded Cuirassier Girodet: The Burial of Atala; Pygmalion and Galatea; Scene from a Deluge
Mona_Lisa
Swedish noble and soldier (1869–1947)
during World War I and served as commander of the 3rd (East Prussian) Cuirassiers "Count Wrangel.". Following the war, Hamilton resumed active service
Gilbert_Hamilton
and they attacked the cuirassiers from the flank just when the 1. platoon riding ahead of the 1. company of the cuirassier's colonel squadron, was lining
Battle_of_Mór
Military unit
The Royal Horse Guards (Danish: Livgarden til Hest) was a Cuirassier regiment in the Royal Danish Army which was founded on orders from King Frederick
Royal_Horse_Guards_(Denmark)
French general
April 1829 – 22 October 1913) was a French general. He led the charge of Cuirassiers in the Battle of Reichshoffen during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870
Pascal Olivier Count de Negroni
Pascal_Olivier_Count_de_Negroni
French military commander (1769–1809)
created a Count of the Empire and in 1809 he was called to the command of a cuirassier division in the Army of Germany during the War of the Fifth Coalition
Jean-Louis-Brigitte_Espagne
Chancellor of Germany from 1871 to 1890
(Princely Class) Military appointments À la suite of the 7th (Magdeburg) Cuirassiers "von Seydlitz", 18 October 1868; Colonel-in-chief, 26 April 1894 Bismarck
Otto_von_Bismarck
French general (1852–1923)
often covered 55 km (34 mi) per day, and at one point in August the 9th Cuirassiers covered 160 km (99 mi) in 48 hours. Unlike British cavalry who were trained
André_Sordet
(German) Horn Cuirassier (German) Kotchtitzky Cuirassier (German) Baden Cuirassier (German) Monro of Fowles Cuirassier (German) Schonberg Cuirassier (German)
Battle of Rain order of battle
Battle_of_Rain_order_of_battle
4th Cavalry Division Commander: Abonneau 3rd Cuirassier Brigade 3rd Cuirassier Regiment 6th Cuirassier Regiment 4th Dragoon Brigade 28th Dragoon Regiment
French Army order of battle (1914)
French_Army_order_of_battle_(1914)
Type of light or heavy cavalry armed with a lance
and Siamese armies, among others. Almost all German cavalry branches (cuirassiers, hussars, dragoons, and uhlans) retained steel tube lances (Stahlrohrlanze)
Lancer
Part of the Thirty Years' War
point-blank range. Short after, the Swedish cuirassiers fired their pistols at the approaching Imperial cuirassiers. The surprisingly accurate Swedish fire
Battle_of_Breitenfeld_(1631)
Historical reenactment society
Reenactment of a San Jorge Regiment's cuirassier.
Miquelets_de_Catalunya
French cavalry commander during the French Revolutionary Wars
Saint-Germain's 1st cuirassier division (2nd, 3rd, 9th Cuirassiers, 1st Chevau-légers lanciers regiments), General Valence's 5th cuirassier division (6th,
Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty
Étienne_Marie_Antoine_Champion_de_Nansouty
Art museum in Paris, France
The Raft of the Medusa; The Woman with a Gambling Mania; The Wounded Cuirassier Girodet: The Burial of Atala; Pygmalion and Galatea; Scene from a Deluge
Louvre
British Army cavalry regiment
British Army, first raised in 1685 as the Earl of Arran's Regiment of Cuirassiers. It was renamed as the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards in 1788 and service
4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards
4th_Royal_Irish_Dragoon_Guards
Protective clothing; armor worn on the body
continued to use it, such as German reiters, Polish hussars, and French cuirassiers. Metal armor remained in limited use long after its general obsolescence
Body_armor
1803–1815 series of wars led by Napoleon
during the Battle of Eylau (1807), Chabert, a famous colonel of the cuirassiers, was erroneously recorded as dead and buried unconscious with French
Napoleonic_Wars
Five companies 2nd Cuirassier Division: Major General Ilya Mikhailovich Duka 2nd Brigade Yekaterinoslav and Military Order Cuirassier Regiments 3rd Brigade
Order of battle of the Imperial Russian Army (1812)
Order_of_battle_of_the_Imperial_Russian_Army_(1812)
Military unit
Horse Regiment. 1796 – Kharkov cuirassier Regiment. 1798 – Cuirassier General Major Zaplatin Regiment. 1798 – Cuirassier General Major Prince Romodanovsky-Ladyzhensky
4th_Kharkov_Uhlan_Regiment
German general
aide-de-camp to Emperor Wilhelm II. He became commander of the 1st Life Cuirassier Regiment in 1906, of the 5th Cavalry Brigade in 1911 and of the Guards
Eberhard_Graf_von_Schmettow
Military unit
The 4th (Westphalian) Cuirassiers "von Driesen" was a heavy cavalry regiment of the Royal Prussian Army. The regiment was formed in 1717. The regiment
4th (Westphalian) Cuirassiers "von Driesen"
4th_(Westphalian)_Cuirassiers_"von_Driesen"
1814 art exhibition in Paris
had featured in the Salon of 1812. By contrast Géricault's The Wounded Cuirassier was shown for the first time. Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres wanted his
Salon_of_1814
Index of articles associated with the same name
1791 Régiment de Cuirassiers du Roi – formed in 1814 by redesignation of the 1st Cuirassier Regiment, later reverted to 1st Cuirassiers following Napoleon's
Régiment_du_Roi
1805 battle of the War of the Third Coalition
forces, Napoleon created a cavalry reserve of 22,000 organized into two cuirassier divisions, four mounted dragoon divisions, one division of dismounted
Battle_of_Austerlitz
Combat helmet
only worn on parade. The dragoon helmet was also adopted by the French cuirassier regiments which were first formed in 1803, and by French engineers. In
Dragoon_helmet
French painter (1791–1824)
series of small studies of horses and cavalrymen. He exhibited Wounded Cuirassier at the Salon of 1814, a work more labored and less well received. Géricault
Théodore_Géricault
Battle of the War of the Second Coalition
Sharpshooters 0 Kaiser Cuirassier Regiment Nr. 1 0 6 Zeschwitz Cuirassier Regiment Nr. 5 0 6 Coburg Cuirassier Regiment Nr. 6 0 6 Kinsky Cuirassier Regiment Nr.
Battle_of_Iller_River
Painting by Marie-Guillemine Benoist
The Raft of the Medusa; The Woman with a Gambling Mania; The Wounded Cuirassier Girodet: The Burial of Atala; Pygmalion and Galatea; Scene from a Deluge
Portrait_of_Madeleine
1913/1922 novel by Andrei Bely
salon Baron Ommau-Ommergau – a "yellow cuirassier"; attends Sofya Petrovna's salon Count Aven – a "blue cuirassier"; attends Sofya Petrovna's salon Herman
Petersburg_(novel)
Russian military and patriotic symbol
with the Ribbon of St. George Saint George Standard of the Life Guard Cuirassier Regiment 1817 Beret badge with ribbon of St George of a Russian Federation
Ribbon_of_Saint_George
French cavalry general (1770–1835)
frontal charge on the Anglo-Allied line with the 770 troopers of Guiton's cuirassier brigade. Against cavalry doctrine, Kellermann called for an immediate
François Étienne de Kellermann
François_Étienne_de_Kellermann
Lentulus led a brigade formed by the Garde du Corps Cuirassier Regiment Nr. 13 and the Gens d'Armes Cuirassier Regiment Nr. 10. In the Battle of Leuthen, under
Robert_Scipio_von_Lentulus
1806 surrender during the War of the Fourth Coalition
These were the 1st Cuirassier Division led by General of Division Etienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty, the 2nd Cuirassier Division under General
Capitulation_of_Pasewalk
referred only to the 2nd and 3rd Cuirassier Divisions (Nafziger, pp. 590–591). Petre wrote that two divisions of cuirassiers and two divisions of grenadiers
Battle of La Rothière order of battle
Battle_of_La_Rothière_order_of_battle
Military unit
Carabiniers were amalgamated with the 11th Cuirassier Regiment on 4 February 1871. The 1st-11th Cuirassier Regiment of the modern French Army can accordingly
Mounted_Carabiniers_(France)
Military unit
counted two regiments of Saxon, two of Westphalian, and one of Polish cuirassiers, supported by one Saxon and one Westphalian horse artillery batteries
IV Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée)
IV_Cavalry_Corps_(Grande_Armée)
Role of the French cavalry in the World War I
the 9th Lancers, the Guard Carabiniers the 11th Cuirassiers and the Guard Cuirassiers the 12th Cuirassiers. The remains of the 1st Lancer Regiment were transferred
French cavalry during World War I
French_cavalry_during_World_War_I
CUIRASSIER
CUIRASSIER
CUIRASSIER
CUIRASSIER
Boy/Male
Tamil
Sun
Girl/Female
Assamese, Celebrity, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sikh, Telugu, Traditional
Night; Half Name of Flower; Queen
Female
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Féidhelm, possibly FIDELMA means "hospitable."
Boy/Male
Latin Spanish
Flourishing.
Girl/Female
British, English, Irish
Variant of Helen; Shining; Brilliant
Girl/Female
Indian
The fragrance of a rose
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Genny, probably GENNIE means "race of women."
Girl/Female
Tamil
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Heroic.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Friendly; Of Good Company; Inmate
CUIRASSIER
CUIRASSIER
CUIRASSIER
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CUIRASSIER
n. /
A cuirassier or cuirassiers; also, hardy veteran soldiers; -- applied specifically to Cromwell's cavalry.
n.
A soldier armed with a cuirass.