[ noun ] a member of a European light cavalry unit; renowned for elegant dress <noun.person>
Hussar \Hus*sar"\, n. [Hung. husz['a]r, from husz twenty, because under King Matthais I., in the fifteenth century, every twenty houses were to furnish one horse soldier; cf. G. husar, F. houssard, hussard, from the same source.] (Mil.) Originally, one of the national cavalry of Hungary and Croatia; now, one of the light cavalry of European armies.