Associations to the word «Voltigeur»

Wiktionary

VOLTIGEUR, noun. A tumbler; a leaper or vaulter.
VOLTIGEUR, noun. (military) One of a picked company of irregular riflemen in each regiment of the French infantry.

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.