Chasseur Definition

shă-sûr
noun
A hunter; huntsman.
Webster's New World
A soldier, esp. one of certain French light infantry troops, trained for rapid action.
Webster's New World
A uniformed attendant.
Webster's New World

A hotel messenger, especially in France.

Wiktionary

A style of cooking in which meat is cooked with a sauce containing mushrooms, shallots and white wine.

Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Chasseur

Noun

Singular:
chasseur
Plural:
chasseurs

Origin of Chasseur

  • French from Old French chaceor from chacier to pursue chase1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French chasseur.

    From Wiktionary

Chasseur Sentence Examples

  • Allowing for certain battalions unformed, there are altogether 309 nizam battalions; 20 separate chasseur battalions, of four companies each; 4 special chasseur battalions stationed on the Bulgarian frontier - total, 333 battalions in the first line.

  • The main course will be chicken with a chasseur sauce, or the vegetarian option is a vegetable quiche.

  • After passing a chasseur regiment and in the lines of the Kiev grenadiers--fine fellows busy with similar peaceful affairs--near the shelter of the regimental commander, higher than and different from the others, Prince Andrew came out in front of a platoon of grenadiers before whom lay a naked man.

  • In addition there are eighteen chasseur or rifle battalions (Jager).

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Words Starting With

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