Etymology

cuirassier

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Today it means: A cavalry soldier equipped with a cuirass (armor). Full definition →

French cuirassier
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  1. French · borrowed fromcuirassier
  2. English todaycuirassier

Borrowed from French cuirassier, see below.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.