Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of a body of horse cavalry that formed part of the Polish, German, Austrian, and Russian armies.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A soldier mounted and armed with a lance, and wearing a kind of semi-Oriental dress with loose hanging sleeves and very baggy trousers: originally known in the eastern countries of Europe.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One of a certain description of militia among the Tartars.
- noun (Mil.) One of a kind of light cavalry of Tartaric origin, first introduced into European armies in Poland. They are armed with lances, pistols, and sabers, and are employed chiefly as skirmishers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun historical A
lancer , asoldier armed with alance in a former lightcavalry unit of thePolish ,Prussian ,Austrian , andRussian armies.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I used the Foundry figures to create my version of the von Kleist freikorps, because Foundry has all of the necessary elements, including the rarely-made uhlans and uhlan bandsmen in their Turkish style uniforms.
Von Kleist Frei-husaren Der Alte Fritz 2008
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Rexia, they both knew, had a weakness for officers, though she could be friendly to a uhlan if need be.
CATALYST OF SORROWS Margaret Wander Bonanno 2004
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It meant “The uhlan on the third watch at the North Gate is a friend.”
CATALYST OF SORROWS Margaret Wander Bonanno 2004
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It meant “The uhlan on the third watch at the North Gate is a friend.”
CATALYST OF SORROWS Margaret Wander Bonanno 2004
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Rexia, they both knew, had a weakness for officers, though she could be friendly to a uhlan if need be.
CATALYST OF SORROWS Margaret Wander Bonanno 2004
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Now I took it from the little leathern sack Dorcas had sewn for me in Thrax, touched the steward's forehead with it, and sought to do again whatever it had been that I had done for the girl in the jacal, the man-ape beside the falls, and the dead uhlan.
The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987
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In the case of the 11 hussar and 5 uhlan regiments of the light cavalry, the number of service squadrons per regiment was increased to 8, with a further 2 in the training centers.
THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966
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The 36,000 troopers of the cavalry arm were organized into eight cuirassier, six dragoon, twelve hussar and three uhlan regiments.
THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966
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In the case of the 11 hussar and 5 uhlan regiments of the light cavalry, the number of service squadrons per regiment was increased to 8, with a further 2 in the training centers.
THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966
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The 36,000 troopers of the cavalry arm were organized into eight cuirassier, six dragoon, twelve hussar and three uhlan regiments.
THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966
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