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Stage 1 of 2
huszár
Hungarian · medieval
"a raider, light cavalryman"
possibly from Old Serbian "husar" (raider, from Latin "cursarius", corsair)
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Stage 2 of 2
hussar
English · 1500s-1600s
"a member of a light cavalry unit"
adopted through European contact with Hungarian light cavalry
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