Meaning & use
Voltigeurs
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Members of a light-infantry unit trained to fight as skirmishers, historically associated with French and French-influenced armies.
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The voltigeurs advanced ahead of the main line, firing and retreating in loose formation.
Napoleon's voltigeurs were prized for their speed and marksmanship.
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Borrowed directly from French, where 'voltigeur' originally meant an acrobat or vaulter before taking on its military sense.
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skirmishers
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