chasseur

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chasseur. Doublet of chaser.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʃæˈsɜː/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ʃæˈsɝ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

Noun

chasseur (plural chasseurs)

1. A soldier equipped for rapid movement; also, any of several light infantry regiments, especially in France.
2. A servant or attendant.
   • 1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company, published 1912, →OCLC:

     I have a house in the Champs Elysees. There is a Swiss in its courtyard. He stands six-foot-seven in his stockings, and the chasseurs are hardly less tall than he. Wherever I go, there are two chefs in my retinue. Both are masters in their art, and furiously jealous of each other.

3. A hotel messenger, especially in France.
   • 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 30:

     The chasseur of the Hôtel Récamier (whom he knew far too well) was approaching them at a run.

4. A hunter or huntsman.
5. (cooking) A dish of meat cooked in a sauce containing mushrooms, shallots and white wine.

   Synonym: cacciatore

   • 1987, Herb Baus, Best restaurants, Orange County, page 71:

     From France, Greeley checks in with rabbit chausseurs made with red wine, shallots, tomatoes, and rosemary; […]

French

Etymology

From chasser +‎ -eur; found in Old French as chaceür, chaceor. Compare Italian cacciatore, Spanish cazador.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.sœʁ/

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Noun

chasseur m (plural chasseurs, feminine chasseuse or chasseresse)

1. a hunter

   Un chasseur sachant chasser doit savoir chasser sans son chien.

   A hunter who knows how to hunt must hunt without his dog. [a French tongue-twister]

2. a fighter plane
3. a servant or attendant
4. a la façon chasseur, a style of cooking in which meat is cooked with a sauce containing mushrooms, shallots and white wine

Derived terms

• ballon-chasseur
• chasseur à cheval
• chasseur à pied
• chasseur de chars
• chasseur de primes
• chasseur de têtes
• chasseur-cueilleur

Further reading

• “chasseur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• chausser
• ruchasse