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chasseur

In 18th-century France, a soldier who belonged to a light company of skirmishers attached to a regiment; in the modern French army, a member of a class of light regiments capable of rapid movement.

The Chasseurs d'Afrique, first organized in 1831 and stationed in Algeria, were famous for their speed and endurance, and for their Arab horses. The Chasseurs Alpins are regiments of infantry stationed on the southeast frontier of France; they are trained to cover 60.35 km/37.5 mi of mountain ground in a day in full marching order, and use skis and snowshoes in winter.



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At a quarter to ten, a valet entered; he composed, with a little groom named John, and who only spoke English, all Albert's establishment, although the cook of the hotel was always at his service, and on great occasions the count's chasseur also.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Tapeworm had just walked off, enveloped in his cloak, with which his gigantic chasseur was always in attendance, and looking as much as possible like Don Juan.
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Very well, but even if we admit that he was alive in 1812, can one believe that a French chasseur pointed a cannon at him for a lark, and shot his left leg off?
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