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Zouave
Zouave ouave (?; 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.
Meaning of Zouave from wikipedia
- The
Zouaves (French pronunciation: [zwav] ) were a
class of
light infantry regiments of the
French Army
serving between 1830 and 1962 and
linked to French...
-
Zouaves (Italian:
Zuavi Pontifici) were an
infantry battalion,
later regiment,
dedicated to
defending the
Papal States.
Named after the
French zouave...
- The
Zouave is the
subject of
several sketches and
paintings made by
Vincent van Gogh in Arles,
France in June 1888. The
pieces range from
close up oil...
- A
Zouave jacket is a
short open
fronted jacket with long sleeves,
similar to that
historically worn by the
Algerian Zouave infantry of the
French Army...
- Auguste-Henri Jacob,
better known as the
Zouave Jacob, was born on
March 6, 1828, in Saint-Martin-des-Champs, Saône-et-Loire, and died on
October 23, 1913...
- The
Little Zouave (French: Au p'tit
zouave) is a 1950
French comedy drama film
directed by
Gilles Grangier and
starring François Périer, Dany
Robin and...
- USS
Zouave was a
steamer acquired by the
Union Navy
during the
American Civil War. She was
needed by the Navy to be part of the
fleet of
ships to prevent...
- The 8th
Zouaves Regiment (French: 8e Régiment de
Zouaves , 8e R.Z) was an
infantry unit of the
French Army.
Created in 1914, the unit was
designated as...
- The
Zouave is an 1856
stone statue by
French artist Georges Diebolt,
which has been
sited on the Pont de l'Alma in
Paris since the 1850s. The
statue is...
- The
United States Zouave Cadets (also
known as the
Chicago Zouaves and
Zouave Cadets of Chicago) was a short-lived
zouave unit of the
Illinois militia...
