Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HUS'SAR, n. [s as z. Tartar, uswar, cavalry; Sans. uswu, a horse. Thomson.]

A mounted soldier or horseman, in German cavalry. The hussars are the national cavalry of Hungary and Croatia. Their regimentals are a fur cap adorned with a feather, a doublet, a pair of breeches to which the stockings are fastened, and a pair of red or yellow boots. Their arms are a saber, a carbine and pistols. Hussars now form a part of the French and English cavalry. Encyc.