different between cavalry vs uhlan

English

Alternative forms

• cavalery (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French cavalerie, in turn from Italian cavalleria. Recorded in English from the 1540s. Doublet of chivalry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæv?l?i/

Noun

cavalry (countable and uncountable, plural cavalries)

1. (military, uncountable) The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.
2. (military, countable) An individual unit of the cavalry arm of service.
3. (military, countable) The branch of the military transported by fast light vehicles, also known as mechanized cavalry.

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References

• Delamarre, X. & Lambert, P. -Y. (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise : Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental (2nd ed.). Paris: Errance. ?ISBN, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• Calvary, calvary

English

Alternative forms

• ulan

Etymology

From French uhlan, from German Uhlan, from Polish u?an, from Turkish o?lan.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?(j)u?l?n/

Noun

uhlan (plural uhlans)

1. (historical) A lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit of the Polish, Prussian/German, Austrian, and Russian armies.

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Further reading

• uhlan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• hulan

French

Etymology

From German Uhlan, from Polish u?an, from Turkish o?lan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.l??/

Noun

uhlan m (plural uhlans)

1. (military, historical) uhlan

Further reading

• “uhlan” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).