uhlann.

/ˈuːlən/

/ˈjuːlən/

Forms: Also 1700s–1800s ulan; 1700s houlan, 1800s hulan.

Etymology: < French uhlan, hulan, houlan, German uhlan, ulan (Danish and Swedish ulan, Italian ulano), < Polish ułan, hułan (Czech ulan, hulan, Serbian ulan, Russian ulan), < Turkish oghlān (popular ōlān), son, youth, servant.

A special type of cavalryman or lancer in various European armies (originally in Slavonic countries, esp. Poland; subsequently spec. in the German Empire (1871–1918)).

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

jousterc1330

knight1489

rutter1506

reister1521

reiter1556

ruiter1579

hargulater1581

lancer1590

lance1602

rutar1610

dragon1620

dragoon1622

right-hand man1626

dragooner1639

leaguerer1639

deli1667

Light Dragoon1700

uhlan1753

sabre1836

parachutist1837

sabreur1845

yellow leg1857

spahi1863

horse-marine1878

uhlaner1886

α.

1753 Scots Mag. Jan. 3/2 The surplus..consisted of Tartars and Ulans, whom he chose to keep in his pay.

1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire I. 418 In their clothes they resembled the Poles, or rather the polish Ulans.

1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. (at cited word) The Ulans generally engage the enemy in small platoons or squads.

β. 1769 Ann. Reg. 1768 126 They write from Warsaw, that an officer of Houlans..has been grievously insulted by a Russian officer.1809 R. K. Porter Travelling Sketches Russia & Sweden I. xvi. 171 One of the most superb regiments in the Russian service is that of the Hulans, commanded by the Archduke Constantine.1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. i. 18 Flying hulans and huzzars have been seen on the Chalons road.1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 131 Three squadrons of hulans and four companies of Croatians.γ. 1771 Gentleman's Mag. 41 478 The King [of Poland] was not escorted as usual by his guard of twelve Uhlans.1809 London Chron. 6 July 18/2 Three regiments of infantry, one of uhlans, and a battalion of the Bohemian Landwehr.1889 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Pigsticking xi. 71 In that campaign, Hans Breitmann, serving as a uhlan, observed the number of sows that were about in the Ardennes.attributive.1812 Examiner 7 Dec. 781/1 Three Uhlan regiments of Guards.1887 Sir W. W. Hunter in F. H. Skrine Life Sir W. W. Hunter (1901) xviii. 367 The horses go well, and my Uhlan groom is careful and intelligent.in extended use.1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Mar. 5/2 Those uhlans of commerce who have lately been so urgently calling for the establishment of railway communication with China through Burmah.

Derivatives

ˈuhlaner n.

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