'Voltigeur' definitions:
Definition of 'Voltigeur'
- Voltigeur \Vol`ti*geur\, n. [F., fr. voltiger to vault, It.
volteggiare. See Volt a tread.]
- 1. A tumbler; a leaper or vaulter.
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- 2. (Mil.) One of a picked company of irregular riflemen in
each regiment of the French infantry.
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