voltigeurn.

/vɒltᵻˈʒəː/

Etymology: French, agent-noun < voltiger to flutter, hover, vault, etc.

Formerly in the French army, a member of a special skirmishing company attached to each regiment of infantry.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > skirmisher

courier1523

skirmisher1565

straggler1589

bickerer1611

tirailleur1796

voltigeur1805

Bashi-Bazouk1855

1807 Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 25/1 They were received at the mouth of the musket by the voltigeurs. [Note. Sharp-shooters, or marksmen, mounted on horseback, whose business it is to hover around the enemy,..and annoy him (etc.).]

1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War III. 430 The enemy's chasseurs and voltigeurs advanced in considerable bodies under General Lorset.

attributive.1805 C. James New Mil. Dict. (ed. 2) (at cited word) They submitted to a long..training, before they were admitted in the voltigeur companies.1824 T. De Quincey Dialogues Three Templars in London Mag. May 566/2 Go on..and skirmish with him a little more in this voltigeur style.in extended use.1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. vii. 141 The Van Bunschotens..would irretrievably have been put to rout, had they not been reinforced by a gallant corps of Voltigeurs.1817 M. Keating Trav. I. 155 The most active and habituated voltigeurs of the community..contrive to anticipate, and font main basse on whatever can be found.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	voltigeur
释义	voltigeurn. /vɒltᵻˈʒəː/ Etymology: French, agent-noun < voltiger to flutter, hover, vault, etc. Formerly in the French army, a member of a special skirmishing company attached to each regiment of infantry. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > skirmisher courier1523 skirmisher1565 straggler1589 bickerer1611 tirailleur1796 voltigeur1805 Bashi-Bazouk1855 1807 Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 25/1 They were received at the mouth of the musket by the voltigeurs. [Note. Sharp-shooters, or marksmen, mounted on horseback, whose business it is to hover around the enemy,..and annoy him (etc.).] 1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War III. 430 The enemy's chasseurs and voltigeurs advanced in considerable bodies under General Lorset. attributive.1805 C. James New Mil. Dict. (ed. 2) (at cited word) They submitted to a long..training, before they were admitted in the voltigeur companies.1824 T. De Quincey Dialogues Three Templars in London Mag. May 566/2 Go on..and skirmish with him a little more in this voltigeur style.in extended use.1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. vii. 141 The Van Bunschotens..would irretrievably have been put to rout, had they not been reinforced by a gallant corps of Voltigeurs.1817 M. Keating Trav. I. 155 The most active and habituated voltigeurs of the community..contrive to anticipate, and font main basse on whatever can be found. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1805
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