Definition of uhlan Uhlan
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What does uhlan mean?
Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- uhlan (n.)
One of a certain description of militia among the Tartars. - uhlan (n.)
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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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uhlan
ū′lan, n. one of a kind of light cavalry for outpost duty, &c., armed with a lance, famous esp. in the Prussian army. [Polish ulan, orig. a light Tartar horseman—Turk, oglān, a young man.]
Wikipedia 
- Uhlan is the name for a type of Polish soldier of light cavalry, armed with lance (a kind of spear). The respect for such Polish troops caused that in the beginning of the 19th century great part of European armies created similar military units. In most European armies, the units of that kind took the name of lancers. In the Russian, Austrian, and German armies, the units of Polish lancers had kept the original name of Uhlans.
