Cuirassier

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cuirassier \Cui`ras*sier"\ (kw?`r?s-s?r"), n. [F. cuirassier.
     See {Curass}.] (Mil.)
     A soldier armed with a cuirass; especially, a soldier of the
     heaviest cavalry, wearing a cuirass only when in full dress.
     --Milton.
     [1913 Webster Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cuirassier
       n : a cavalryman equipped with a cuirass