Definitions for: Cuirassier

[n] a cavalryman equipped with a cuirass

Webster (1913) Definition: Cui`ras*sier" (kw?`r?s-s?r"), n. [F. cuirassier.
See Curass.]
A soldier armed with a cuirass. --Milton.

Cui`ras*sier", n. (Mil.)
In modern armies, a soldier of the heaviest cavalry, wearing
a cuirass only when in full dress.

See Also: cavalryman, trooper