voltigeur

noun — 2 senses

noun

Etymology Borrowed from French voltigeur, from voltiger (“to vault”), Italian volteggiare. See volt (“a tread”).

Government, Military, Politics, War Historical One of a picked company of skirmishers in each regiment of the French infantry during the Napoleonic Wars.

Canada A ranger.

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