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  • noun Plural form of chasseur.

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Examples

  • The next morning the 18th battalion of 'chasseurs', in dress uniform, with knapsacks on their backs and fully armed, awaited in the Gare de

    The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

  • A large man, old and heavy, in an oversized khaki beret, such as chasseurs a pied wear in the French Army, wearing an overcoat, carrying a map case and wearing a pistol strapped around his greatcoat, got out of the back of the car with two other men in the uniform of the International Brigades.

    For Whom The Bell Tolls Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 1940

  • The next morning the 18th battalion of 'chasseurs', in dress uniform, with knapsacks on their backs and fully armed, awaited in the Gare de

    Zibeline — Complete Philippe Massa 1871

  • The next morning the 18th battalion of 'chasseurs', in dress uniform, with knapsacks on their backs and fully armed, awaited in the Gare de

    Zibeline — Volume 1 Philippe Massa 1871

  • "In the Spanish West India Islands," says Bingley, "there are officers called chasseurs, kept in continual employment.

    Anecdotes of Dogs Edward Jesse 1824

  • I have the honor to serve as a chef de brigade in the chasseurs à pied.

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • I have the honor to serve as a chef de brigade in the chasseurs à pied.

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • I have the honor to serve as a chef de brigade in the chasseurs à pied.

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • La Bibliothèque des curiosités des chasseurs de te...

    Archive 2009-04-27 2009

  • La Bibliothèque des curiosités des chasseurs de tendances groupes Facebook et LInkedin

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  • "fr. the light infantry, answering to the american riflemen. The term literally means hunters." (citation in list description) Compare chasseurs a cheval.

    October 10, 2008