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Definition of Zoave
Zouave (?; 277), n. [F., fr. Ar.
Zouaoua a tribe of Kabyles living among the Jurjura mountains
in Algeria.] (Mil.) (a) One of an active
and hardy body of soldiers in the French service, originally Arabs,
but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Arab dress.
(b) Hence, one of a body of soldiers who adopt
the dress and drill of the Zouaves, as was done by a number of
volunteer regiments in the army of the United States in the Civil War,
1861-65.
Zouave (?; 277), n. [F., fr. Ar.
Zouaoua a tribe of Kabyles living among the Jurjura mountains
in Algeria.] (Mil.) (a) One of an active
and hardy body of soldiers in the French service, originally Arabs,
but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Arab dress.
(b) Hence, one of a body of soldiers who adopt
the dress and drill of the Zouaves, as was done by a number of
volunteer regiments in the army of the United States in the Civil War,
1861-65.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Mil.) (a) One of an active and hardy body of soldiers in the French service, originally Arabs, but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Arab dress. (b) Hence, one of a body of soldiers who adopt the dress and drill of the Zouaves, as was done by a number of volunteer regiments in the army of the United States in the Civil War, 1861-65.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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