cuirassiers

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The show, he explained, displayed “a human mosaic of horsemen: Indians, Cossacks, cowboys, Bedouins, Mexicans, cuirassiers, Boers, Britons, 300 strong.”

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2012

He has stepped up pomp and circumstance of the Quirinal Palace itself, which is guarded by 120 of the most imposing soldiers in Italy, the 6-ft.-6-in. cuirassiers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Queen Elena left the Quirinal Palace first in a State berlin, with a company of cuirassiers riding before.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then off all clattered, escorted by mounted cuirassiers of the ancient House of Savoy in gleaming breastplates.

From Time Magazine Archive

The squares broken by the dragoons, garde du corps, and cuirassiers, and the battery taken by Rittmeister von Einem made the last resistance on the side of the Prussians before they retreated entirely.

From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Meding, Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar