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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Cuirassier

/(kw?`r?s-s?r")/ · Cui·ras·sier · IPA /kwɪrəˈsɪər/
01 n. A soldier armed with a cuirass; especially, a soldier of the heaviest cavalry, wearing a cuirass only when in full dress.
  1. 1.
    A soldier armed with a cuirass; especially, a soldier of the heaviest cavalry, wearing a cuirass only when in full dress.(Mil.)