uhlans

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There are distinctions in this branch of the service, too, among the cavalry units being cuirassiers, hussars, uhlans and dragoons.

From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Miller, Kelly

"Wild horses, much less wild uhlans, couldn't drag me out of this place," I said, feeling as brave and firm as a story-book heroine, though to Tony I may have seemed obstinate as a mule.

From Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley by Rowe, Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert)

We waited until evening, without seeing the uhlans: they had retreated after the first attack, but unfortunately we had not seen Piédelot either.

From The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3 by Maupassant, Guy de

One may see, for instance, Russian cossacks, French chasseurs, German uhlans, and Austrian cuirassiers incongruously mixed up together in the ranks on parade.

From A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán by De Windt, Harry

The uhlans have now commandeered my horse for their troop, but the caparison remains in my possession; every expert praises this caparison, that it is strong and comfortable, and pretty as a picture.

From Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Noyes, George Rapall