Meanings
nouncuirassier (plural cuirassiers)
plural cuirassiers
- historicalgovernmentA cavalry soldier equipped with a cuirass (armor).
His vision was secular: the high priests 'will wear impressive robes'; the Herzl army would boast cuirassiers with silver breastplates;
2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 449
Origin
- Frenchcuirassier
- Englishcuirassier
Borrowed from French cuirassier, see below.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch kurassier
- kurassierTranslations
French cuirassier
- cuirassierTranslations
Italian corazziere
- corazziereTranslations
Portuguese couraceiro
- couraceiroTranslations
Russian кираси́р
- кираси́р (kirasír)Translations
Spanish coracero
- coraceroTranslations
Swedish kyrassiär
- kyrassiärTranslations
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cuirassier
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APA
cuirassier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuirassier
MLA
“cuirassier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuirassier. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cuirassier,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuirassier.
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