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uhlan.

A lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit of the Polish, Prussian or German, Austrian, and Russian armies.

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noun/ˈ(j)uːlən/UK/ˈuˌlɑn/US/uˈlɑn/US
  1. A lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit of the Polish, Prussian or German, Austrian, and Russian armies.

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Where this word comes from

From French uhlan, from German Uhlan, from Polish ułan, from Ottoman Turkish اوغلان (oğlan).

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