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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...
- List of Imperial German Uhlan Regiments Commander, 1903-06 A Pocket German Army Farwell, Byron (2001). The Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Land Warfare:...
- The 17th Lithuanian Uhlan Regiment (Lithuanian: 17-asis ulonų pulkas; Polish: 17. pułk ułanów) was an uhlan regiment of the Grande Armée during the Napoleonic...
- 6th Kaniow Uhlan Regiment (Polish language: 5 Pułk Ułanów Kaniowskich, 6 puł) was a cavalry unit of the Polish Army in the Second Polish Republic. It...
- 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...
- 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...
- 8th Uhlan Regiment of Prince Józef Poniatowski (Polish: 8 Pułk Ułanów Księcia Józefa Poniatowskiego, 8 puł) was a cavalry unit of the Polish Army in the...
- distinctive black uniforms, although some soldiers, such as light infantrymen and uhlans, wore green uniforms. The Black Brunswickers also wore silver totenkopf...
- The Ballad of Uhlans (Уланская баллада) is a 2012 Russian historical adventure film directed by Oleg Fesenko, and stars Sergei Bezrukov, Anna Chipovskaya...
- 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...