One who jousts or fights on horseback with a spear, in battle or (esp. in later use) in tournament; a tilter; hence, †an antagonist.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > others (25) jousterc1330 One who jousts or fights on horseback with a spear, in battle or (esp. in later use) in tournament; a tilter; hence, †an antagonist. knight1489 Roman History (tr. Latin eques horseman). One of the class of equites, who originally formed the cavalry of the Roman army, and at a later period… rutter1506 A cavalry soldier, especially a German one, of the kind employed in the wars of the 16th and 17th centuries. reister1521 = reiter, n.1 reiter1556 A soldier belonging to a German or German-style cavalry unit of the 16th and 17th centuries. Cf. reister, n. ruiter1579 = rutter, n.1 hargulater1581 see quot. 1598. lancer1590 A (cavalry) soldier armed with a lance; now only, a soldier belonging to one of certain regiments officially called Lancers. lance1602 A horse-soldier armed with a lance; a lancer. rutar1610 = rutter, n.1 dragon1620 A soldier armed with this; = dragoon, n. 2. Obsolete. dragoon1622 A species of cavalry soldier. The name was originally applied to mounted infantry armed with the firearm (sense 1). These gradually developed into… right-hand man1626 †(a) a soldier holding a position of responsibility or command on the right of a troop of horse (obsolete); (b) a person (esp. a man) who serves as… dragooner1639 = dragoon, n. 2. leaguerer1639 A (Dutch) trooper. deli1667 A member of a former light cavalry unit within the Turkish infantry that served as the vizier's personal retinue and acted as a shock troop. Light Dragoon1700 (in plural) (the name of) any of various light cavalry regiments in the British Army; (also, in singular) a member of such a regiment. uhlan1753 A special type of cavalryman or lancer in various European armies (originally in Slavonic countries, esp. Poland; subsequently spec. in the… sabre1836 A cavalry ‘unit’; a soldier armed with a sabre. parachutist1837 A person who makes a descent by parachute, one skilled in parachuting; (in earliest use) a person who descends from a balloon in a parachute; (later)… sabreur1845 One who fights with a sabre; usually applied to a cavalry soldier distinguished rather for bravery than for skill in war. See also beau sabreur, n. yellow leg1857 U.S. colloquial. A cavalryman in the U.S. army; esp. one in the Confederate army. Also in plural in same sense. Now historical. spahi1863 A native Algerian horseman serving under the French government. horse-marine1878 A marine mounted on horseback, or a cavalryman doing a marine's work. uhlaner1886 |
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