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Zouave|zuːˈɑːv|
Also zouava.
[a. F., f. native name Zouaoua (see below).]
1. One of a body of light infantry in the French army, originally recruited from the Algerian Kabyle tribe of Zouaoua, but afterwards composed of French soldiers distinguished for their physique and dash, and formerly retaining the original Oriental uniform.
[1830tr. E. Blaquiere's Sig. Pananti (ed. 2) 56 The whole of the native warriors called the Zouavi.] 1848Kelly tr. L. Blanc's Hist. Ten Y. II. 520 The Zouaves were standing on the breach. 1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Note-bks. 8 Jan., Zouaves with turbans, long mantles, and bronzed, half Moorish faces. 1897Harper's Mag. Apr. 752/1 In January, 1863, the French general Forey laid siege to Puebla... In one of the many assaults on the corner held by Diaz the zouaves broke into the first court-yard of his stronghold.
fig.1858Beecher Life Th. 135 Those sciences which might be called the light infantry of progress, the Zouaves of thought. 1903Speaker 30 May 210/2 The ‘Physical Force’ agitators were the Zouaves of Carlton House.
attrib.1863E. Dicey Six Months II. 7 The orderly disorder of a Zouave march.
b. (Also Papal Zouave or Pontifical Z.) One of a corps of French soldiers organized at Rome in 1860 for the defence of the pope, and disbanded in 1871.
1864Manning in A. Reinaud Abbé-Zouave Pref. p. ix, Some hundreds of the Pontifical Zouaves, chiefly French and Belgian,..were seen at St. Peter's. 1868tr. Cardella's J. W. Russell 38 When he returned to Rome to join the Zouaves.
c. A soldier of any of several volunteer regiments, assuming the name and in part the uniform of the French Zouaves, which served on the side of the North in the American Civil War (1861–5).
1860Chicago Tribune 23 Feb. 1/4 The gallant Zouaves..attracted much attention and admiration by their fine appearance and exact drills. 1861J. Chesnut Let. 12 June in M. B. Chesnut Diary (1949) 67 Reinforcements were sent from here last night, the New Orleans Zouaves. 1865Sala My Diary I. 292 In the beginning, when the Yankee Zouaves were young and hopeful.
2. (In full, Zouave jacket, Zouave bodice.) A woman's short embroidered jacket or bodice, with or without sleeves, resembling the jacket of the Zouave uniform.
1859Ladies' Treas. Sept. 285/1 One of the most decided novelties of the present season is the Zouave jacket. 1859Ladies' Cabinet Dec. 335/1 Nothing can be prettier for the interior than the little oriental jackets which we call to-day Zouaves. 1893Lady 17 Aug. 178/1 Zouave Bodices are a feature of autumn gowns. |