uhlan
nounUK /ˈ(j)uːlən/ · US /ˈuˌlɑn/
Etymology From French uhlan, from German Uhlan, from Polish ułan, from Ottoman Turkish اوغلان (oğlan).
1
Historical A lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit of the Polish, Prussian or German, Austrian, and Russian armies.
- Coordinate terms
- cavalryman, cuirassier, dragoon, hussar, lancer, trooper, yeoman