voltigeur

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noun

One of a picked company of skirmishers in each regiment of the French infantry during the Napoleonic Wars.

OriginFrench voltigeur ← Italian volteggiare →
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Meanings

nounvoltigeur (plural voltigeurs)

plural voltigeurs

  1. historicalgovernmentOne of a picked company of skirmishers in each regiment of the French infantry during the Napoleonic Wars.
  2. CanadaA ranger.

Origin

  1. Italianvolteggiare
  2. Frenchvoltigeur
  3. Englishvoltigeur

Borrowed from French voltigeur, from voltiger (“to vault”), Italian volteggiare. See volt (“a tread”).

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APA

voltigeur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voltigeur

MLA

“voltigeur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voltigeur. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “voltigeur,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voltigeur.

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