sabreur

• Defeat, disaster, sorrow, could not weaken him; he was of the old stock, the real beau-sabreur, a relic of the old régime, that grew young in the face of defeat, that died of a broken heart at the breath of dishonour. —  Lorraine A romance
• The only lines that I can recall to mind--few are worth it--are the following, written ever the door, and signed Officier de la Garde Impériale Du grand Napoléon le nom toujours cit Ira de bouche en bouche ŕ la postérit The writer doubtless possessed more spirit as a sabreur than as a poet The emperor's once well-kept garden And still where many a garden-flower grows wild is now overgrown and choked with weeds. —  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 549 (Supplementary number)
• Morbleu! He is a splendid sabreur--kills as many men to his own sword as I could myself, when it comes to a hand-to-hand fight; breaks horses in like magic; rides them like the wind; has a hawk's eye over open country; obeys like clockwork; what more can you want Obeys! —  Under Two Flags
• All Max's adherents thought Philippe a "sabreur,"--an expression applied by soldiers to the commonest sort of courage in their superior officers, while denying that they possess the requisite qualities of a commander He is a very honorable man," said Goddet the surgeon, to Max Bah!" —  The Two Brothers
• I could have done nearly what I liked with him; his skill was that of a common regimental sabreur. —  The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 4

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