cuirassiern.

/kwɪrəˈsɪə/

/kjʊərəˈsɪə/

Forms: In (1500s coritser), 1600s cuiraisier, cuirasseer, cuirazeer, curaseer, curasheer, curuseer, curiazier, curia(s)sier, coriassier, 1700s curiasser, 1800s cuirasseur, cuirassieur.

Etymology: < French cuirassier, < cuirasse: introduced in 17th cent., and applied to the heavy cavalry in the Civil Wars. Coritser for Low German koritzer (= early modern German kürisser), occurs 1551 as an alien word in a document abstracted by Strype.

a. A horse soldier wearing a cuirass.The proper name of a certain type of heavy cavalry in European armies. The name is not now used in the British army.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > man wearing armour > [noun]

helma1400

knight caligate1562

iron man1596

corslet1598

corsleteer1609

corslet-man1611

cuirassier1625

kurisee1649

cataphract1671

hoplomachist1793

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > heavy-armed

man-of-armsa1375

man-at-arms1561

gendarmec1565

cuirassier1625

1551 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) II. 258 Sixteen horsemen and two coritsers.]

1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 41 The first and principall Troope of horsemen..are now called Cuirassiers or Pistolliers.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 2 Armed Cap-a-pe like a Curiazier in warr.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 327 Cuirassiers all in steel for standing fight.

1702 W. J. tr. C. de Bruyn Voy. Levant ii. 6 Many Troopers, Curiassers, armed Switz.

1801 Sporting Mag. 17 135 Exercising his regiment of cuirasseurs.

1824 T. B. Macaulay Naseby Our cuirassiers have burst on the ranks of the accurst.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People x. §4. 811 The victorious horsemen were crushed in their turn by the French cuirassiers.

b. figurative and transferred.

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1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) Ep. Ded. The Fleas that are Curasheers, and their back stiffe with bristles.

1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 62 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. Call an Army of Angels, Angelic Cuirassiers.

2. Used for cuirass. Obsolete.

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1661 T. Blount Peacham's Compl. Gentleman (new ed.) xiv. 165 The Roman Emperours habit, was this their caruseers yellow embroidered with silver.

1661 T. Blount Peacham's Compl. Gentleman (new ed.) xiv. 162 His Curuseers to be of gold, his robe blew and silver, his buskins of gold.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cuirassier
释义	cuirassiern. /kwɪrəˈsɪə//kjʊərəˈsɪə/ Forms: In (1500s coritser), 1600s cuiraisier, cuirasseer, cuirazeer, curaseer, curasheer, curuseer, curiazier, curia(s)sier, coriassier, 1700s curiasser, 1800s cuirasseur, cuirassieur. Etymology: < French cuirassier, < cuirasse: introduced in 17th cent., and applied to the heavy cavalry in the Civil Wars. Coritser for Low German koritzer (= early modern German kürisser), occurs 1551 as an alien word in a document abstracted by Strype. 1. a. A horse soldier wearing a cuirass.The proper name of a certain type of heavy cavalry in European armies. The name is not now used in the British army. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > man wearing armour > [noun] helma1400 knight caligate1562 iron man1596 corslet1598 corsleteer1609 corslet-man1611 cuirassier1625 kurisee1649 cataphract1671 hoplomachist1793 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > heavy-armed man-of-armsa1375 man-at-arms1561 gendarmec1565 cuirassier1625 1551 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) II. 258 Sixteen horsemen and two coritsers.] 1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 41 The first and principall Troope of horsemen..are now called Cuirassiers or Pistolliers. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 2 Armed Cap-a-pe like a Curiazier in warr. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 327 Cuirassiers all in steel for standing fight. View more context for this quotation 1702 W. J. tr. C. de Bruyn Voy. Levant ii. 6 Many Troopers, Curiassers, armed Switz. 1801 Sporting Mag. 17 135 Exercising his regiment of cuirasseurs. 1824 T. B. Macaulay Naseby Our cuirassiers have burst on the ranks of the accurst. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People x. §4. 811 The victorious horsemen were crushed in their turn by the French cuirassiers. b. figurative and transferred. ΚΠ 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) Ep. Ded. The Fleas that are Curasheers, and their back stiffe with bristles. 1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 62 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. Call an Army of Angels, Angelic Cuirassiers. 2. Used for cuirass. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1661 T. Blount Peacham's Compl. Gentleman (new ed.) xiv. 165 The Roman Emperours habit, was this their caruseers yellow embroidered with silver. 1661 T. Blount Peacham's Compl. Gentleman (new ed.) xiv. 162 His Curuseers to be of gold, his robe blew and silver, his buskins of gold. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1625
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