voltigeur

词形变化

voltigeurs 复数 voltigeurs

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One of a picked company of skirmishers in each regiment of the French infantry during the Napoleonic Wars.

    历史 政治 军事
  2. 2.

    An acrobat; a leaper or vaulter.

  3. 3.

    A ranger.

    加拿大

词源

Borrowed from French voltigeur, from voltiger (“to vault”), Italian volteggiare. See volt (“a tread”).

来源:wiktionary