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uhlan

uhlan


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Uhlan  \Uh"lan\,  n.  [G.  uhlan,  Pol.  ulan,  hulan,  from  Turk. 
  ogl[=a]n  a  youth,  lad;  of  Tartar  origin.]  [Written  also 
  {ulan},  and  formerly  {hulan}.] 
  1.  One  of  a  certain  description  of  militia  among  the  Tartars. 
 
  2.  (Mil.)  One  of  a  kind  of  light  cavalry  of  Tartaric  origin, 
  first  introduced  into  European  armies  in  Poland.  They  are 
  armed  with  lances,  pistols,  and  sabers,  and  are  employed 
  chiefly  as  skirmishers.