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

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

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

In France the cuirassiers date from 1666, when a regiment, subsequently numbered 8th of the line, was formed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various