Definition of "cuirassiers" []

• Plural form of cuirassier. (noun)

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• "Like cuirassiers in ancient wars, stamping and leaping high in the air, we drove one another down the short street and then, with this urging in our legs, into the highway."
• "The French have 3 battalions of infantry plus Bill's 2 btns, 40 dragoons, 32 cuirassiers, 12 chasseurs and four 8-pounders with crew."
• "The only exception is the Alt Modena cuirassiers, which will use the pending Minden Miniatures Austrian cuirassiers when they become available."