\Hus*sar"\, n. [Hung. husz['a]r, from husz twenty,
because under King Matthais I., in the fifteenth century,
every twenty houses were to furnish one horse soldier; cf. G.
husar, F. houssard, hussard, from the same source.] (Mil.)
Originally, one of the national cavalry of Hungary and
Croatia; now, one of the light cavalry of European armies.