Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hussar

/ˈhʌsə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables: hus-sar
IPA: /ˈhʌsə(ɹ)/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the national cavalry of Hungary, Croatia and Poland.

noun

A member of the light cavalry of any of several European armies.

name

A village in Alberta, Canada.

name

Etymology

Borrowed from French hussard, from Hungarian huszár (“cavalryman”), from Serbo-Croatian gusar (“corsair”), from Byzantine Greek χωσάριος, χονσάριος (khōsários, khonsários) or from Italian corsaro (“corsair”), from Medieval Latin cursārius (“pirate”), from Latin cursus (“running”), from currō (“run”). Doublet of corsair and courser.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: hussard, huszár, gusar, χωσάριος, χονσάριος, corsaro, cursārius

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

hussars (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

cavalryman cuirassier dragoon lancer trooper uhlan yeoman

Rhymes With

musser busser slusser nusser husser

Questions

How do you pronounce hussar?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhʌsə(ɹ)/.
What does hussar mean?: A member of the national cavalry of Hungary, Croatia and Poland.
Where does hussar come from?: It is traced to French.

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