hussars

n. [ Hung. huszár, from husz twenty, because under King Matthais I., in the fifteenth century, every twenty houses were to furnish one horse soldier; cf. G. husar, F. houssard, hussard, from the same source. ] (Mil.) Originally, one of the national cavalry of Hungary and Croatia; now, one of the light cavalry of European armies. [ 1913 Webster ]