How do you use Chasseurs in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Chasseurs meaning
plural of chasseur
Using Chasseurs
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of chasseur
- In the example corpus, chasseurs often appears in combinations such as: the chasseurs, rd chasseurs, nd chasseurs.
Context around Chasseurs
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Chasseurs
- In this selection, "chasseurs" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 3rd, 2nd, cavalry, came, battalion and approached stand out and add context to how "chasseurs" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1st 2nd chasseurs and 2nd 2nd chasseurs and 1st. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "chasseurs" sits close to words such as aat, abhorrence and abms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with chasseurs
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Chasseurs deployed to counter-attack, but began to waver. (10 words)
The 2ème and 3ème Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes followed in July 1944. (12 words)
Music for alphorn The military band of the French Chasseurs Alpins uses Alphorns. (13 words)
Each square was led by a general and Marshal Ney, mounted on his 5th horse of the day, led the advance.sfn Behind them, in reserve, were the three battalions of the Old Guard, right to left 1st/2nd Grenadiers, 2nd/2nd Chasseurs and 1st/2nd Chasseurs. (47 words)
The 4th Chasseurs battalion, 800 strong, now came up onto the exposed battalions of British Foot Guards, who lost all cohesion and dashed back up the slope as a disorganized crowd with the chasseurs in pursuit. (36 words)
The British guardsmen retreated with these Chasseurs in pursuit, but the latter were halted as the 52nd Light Infantry wheeled in line onto their flank and poured a devastating fire into them and then charged. (35 words)
Example sentences (13)
At the crest the chasseurs came upon the battery that had caused severe casualties on the 1st and 2nd/3rd Chasseurs, they opened fire and swept away the gunners.
Each square was led by a general and Marshal Ney, mounted on his 5th horse of the day, led the advance.sfn Behind them, in reserve, were the three battalions of the Old Guard, right to left 1st/2nd Grenadiers, 2nd/2nd Chasseurs and 1st/2nd Chasseurs.
The 4th Chasseurs battalion, 800 strong, now came up onto the exposed battalions of British Foot Guards, who lost all cohesion and dashed back up the slope as a disorganized crowd with the chasseurs in pursuit.
After drawing a low ballot number in March 1861, Monet was drafted into the First Regiment of African Light Cavalry ( Chasseurs d'Afrique ) in Algeria for a seven-year period of military service.
As two battalions of Chasseurs approached, the second prong of the Imperial Guard's attack, Maitland's guardsmen rose and devastated them with point-blank volleys.
Dragoon regiments were converted to motorised infantry (trucks and motor cycles), and cuirassiers to armoured units; while light cavalry (Chasseurs a' Cheval, Hussars and Spahis) remained as mounted sabre squadrons.
Music for alphorn The military band of the French Chasseurs Alpins uses Alphorns.
The 15th Brigade threw Lobau's troops out of Frichermont with a determined bayonet charge, then proceeded up the Frichermont heights, battering French Chasseurs with 12-pounder artillery fire, and pushed on to Plancenoit.
The 2ème and 3ème Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes followed in July 1944.
The attack of the Imperial Guards was mounted by five battalions of the Middle Guard, and not by the Grenadiers or Chasseurs of the Old Guard.
The British guardsmen retreated with these Chasseurs in pursuit, but the latter were halted as the 52nd Light Infantry wheeled in line onto their flank and poured a devastating fire into them and then charged.
The Chasseurs deployed to counter-attack, but began to waver.
To the left of the 4th Grenadiers were the two squares of the 1st/ and 2nd/3rd Chasseurs who angled further to the west and had suffered more from artillery fire than the grenadiers.
Common combinations with chasseurs
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the chasseurs 3×
- rd chasseurs 2×
- nd chasseurs 2×
- chasseurs in 2×
- cavalry chasseurs 2×
- de chasseurs 2×
- chasseurs parachutistes 2×
- french chasseurs 2×