Cui`ras*sier" (kw?`r?s-s?r"), n. [F. cuirassier. See Curass.]
A soldier armed with a cuirass. Milton.
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Cui`ras*sier" (?), n. (Mil.)
In modern armies, a soldier of the heaviest cavalry, wearing a cuirass only when in full dress.
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