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voltigeur

voltigeur noun: one of a picked company of skirmishers in each regiment of the French infantry during the Napoleonic Wars.

Noun

voltigeur (plural voltigeurs)

  1. (historical) One of a picked company of skirmishers in each regiment of the French infantry during the Napoleonic Wars.
  2. (Canada) A ranger.

Forms of voltigeur

pluralvoltigeurs

Origin of voltigeur

Borrowed from French voltigeur, from voltiger (“to vault”), Italian volteggiare. See volt (“a tread”).

Questions about voltigeur

What does voltigeur mean?
Voltigeur means one of a picked company of skirmishers in each regiment of the French infantry during the Napoleonic Wars.
What part of speech is voltigeur?
Voltigeur is a noun.
What is the plural of voltigeur?
The plural of voltigeur is voltigeurs.

Words near voltigeur in the dictionary

  1. Volterra series
  2. volters
  3. voltes
  4. volti
  5. volti subito
  6. voltigeur
  7. voltigeurs
  8. volting
  9. voltinism
  10. voltinisms
  11. voltivity

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