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Definition: UHLAN |
UHLANNoun1. 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. 2. One of a certain description of militia among the Tartars. |
Date "UHLAN" was first used: 1753. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Uhlan (German). A horse-soldier chiefly employed in reconnoitering, skirmishing, and outpost duty. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Combatant | Horse and foot; horse soldier; cavalry, horse, artillery, horse artillery, light horse, voltigeur, uhlan,mounted rifles, dragoon, hussar; light dragoon, heavy dragoon; heavy; cuirassier; Foot Guards, Horse Guards. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: UHLAN |
| English words defined with "UHLAN": Hulan ♦ Ulan. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "UHLAN" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (uhlan). |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
uhlan | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "UHLAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ulan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الأولن فارس بروسي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | улан (lance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | hulán. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | uhlan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πρωσσόσ ιππέασ, ουλάνοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ulánus (lancer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | mark-hidoor shleiy. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | anuhlay ulano. (various references) улан. (various references) ulan. (various references) uhlán. (various references) alman mızraklı süvari askeri. (various references) улан. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Polish | 1100-Modern | ulan. (various references) |
| Turkish | 1200-Modern | oghlan. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "UHLAN": uhlans. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "UHLAN" (pronounced 'Uh"lan'): Atellan, Castillan, Chulan, Koulan, Pollan, Raglan, Xylan, Yulan. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-l-n-u" | |
-1 letter: haul, hula, luna, ulan, ulna. | |
-2 letters: hun, nah. | |
-3 letters: ah, al, an, ha, la, na, nu, uh, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-l-n-u" | |
+1 letter: hangul, inhaul, launch, nuchal, nullah, uhlans, unlash. | |
+2 letters: handful, hauling, humanly, inhauls, nilghau, nuchals, nullahs, nylghau, unlatch, unleash. | |
+3 letters: bushland, clubhand, downhaul, eulachan, eulachon, flashgun, handfuls, handsful, hazelnut, humanely, huntable, inhauler, languish, laughing, launched, launcher, launches, lunkhead, nilghaus, nylghaus, relaunch, shauling, shogunal, thankful, turnhall, unflashy, unhailed, unhallow, unhalved, unhealed, unlashed, unlashes, unlethal. | |
+4 letters: ailanthus, brushland, bushlands, chanceful, changeful, clubhands, downhauls, eulachans, eulachons, flashguns, harlequin, hazelnuts, herculean, hifalutin, hulloaing, humanlike, husbandly, inhaulers, inhumanly, lanthanum, laughings, launchers, launching, launchpad, lunchmeat, lunkheads, nailbrush, naughtily, onslaught, prelaunch, punchball, raunchily, southland, spleuchan, staunchly, thumbnail, turnhalls, ultrathin, unearthly, unethical, unhallows, unhandily, unhappily, unhealthy, unlashing, unlatched, unlatches, unleashed, unleashes, unshackle, unshapely. | |
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