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Definition of Uhlan

Uhlan
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.

Meaning of Uhlan from wikipedia

- Uhlan (/ˈuːlɑːn, ˈjuːlən/; French: uhlan; German: Ulan; Lithuanian: ulonas; Polish: ułan) is a type of light cavalry, primarily armed with a lance. The...
- action near the village of Waręż. Later that day, the Polish 1st Krechowce Uhlan Regiment chanced upon several unprepared Bolshevik units and took 150 POWs...
- the Polish Army. Some historians trace back Polish żurawiejkas to the "Uhlan March", written in 1863, during the January Uprising. Furthermore, during...
- of mounted knights and heavy winged hussars, through the times of light uhlans to mounted infantry equipped with ranged and mêlée weapons. The first Polish...
- The 4th Kharkov Uhlan Regiment (Russian: Харьковский 4-й уланский полк) was a cavalry regiment of the Imperial Russian Army formed in 1651 in Kharkiv...
- Together with the Dragoons and Hussars, the Imperial and Royal Uhlans (German: k.u.k. Ulanen), made up the cavalry of the Austro-Hungarian Army from 1867...
- 12th Podolian Uhlan Regiment (Polish language: 12 Pułk Ułanów Podolskich, 12 puł) was a cavalry unit of the Polish Army. It was officially formed in 1919...
- a light cavalry regiment of Uhlans of the Royal Prussian Army. The regiment was later reorganised as heavy cavalry Uhlans and renamed into 1. Garde Ulanen...
- 18th Pomeranian Uhlan Regiment (Polish: 18 Pulk Ulanów Pomorskich, 18 p.ul.) was a cavalry unit of the Polish Army in the Second Polish Republic. Formed...
- early, compact form from 1784 onwards the czapka was introduced by Austrian uhlans, during the time Galicia was under Habsburg rule. Its use was spread from...