Definitions For Uhlan

Noun

UHLAN (plural UHLANs) (historical) A lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit of the polish, prussian/german, austrian, and russian armies.

Coordinate terms

{{top3}} cavalryman cuirassier dragoon hussar lancer trooper yeoman {{bottom}}

Translations

Azerbaijani: ulanlar Bulgarian: улан, m Catalan: ulà, m Czech: hulán Dutch: ulaan Finnish: ulaani French: uhlan, m Galician: ulano German: Ulan, m Greek: ουλάνος, m Hungarian: ulánus, dzsidás Italian: ulano, m Japanese: ウーラン (ūran) Kazakh: ұлан Lithuanian: ulonai Norwegian: ulan Polish: ułan, m Portuguese: ulano, m Russian: улан, m Serbo-Croatian: улани, sc=Cyrl Sicilian: ulanu Slovene: ulanec, m Spanish: ulano, m Swedish: ulan, c Ukrainian: улан West Frisian: ulan

Alternative forms

{{alter, en, ulan}}

Etymology

From {{bor, en, fr, uhlan}}, from {{der, fr, de, Uhlan}}, from {{der, en, pl, ułan}}, from {{der, en, tr, oğlan}}.{{R:Merriam-Webster Online}}

Anagrams

hulan