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voltigeur
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Voltigeur
The Voltigeurs were French military skirmish units created in 1804 by Emperor Napoleon I. They replaced the second company of fusiliers in each existing infantry battalion.
Webster Dictionary
Voltigeurnoun
a tumbler; a leaper or vaulter
Voltigeurnoun
one of a picked company of irregular riflemen in each regiment of the French infantry
Etymology: [F., fr. voltiger to vault, It. volteggiare. See Volt a tread.]
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Voltigeur
The Voltigeurs were French military skirmish units created in 1804 by Emperor Napoleon I.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Voltigeur
vol-ti-zhėr′, n. a vaulter or tumbler: formerly in the French army, one of a light-armed company of picked men placed on the left of a battalion: under the Second Empire, a member of several special infantry regiments. [Fr.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of voltigeur in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of voltigeur in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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- ВольтиRussian
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