1. (historical) 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

Derived forms: uhlans

Encyclopedia: Uhlan

• Lancastrian line
• lance
• lance corporal
• lance the boil
• lance-shaped
• lancelet
• lancelike
• Lancelot
• lanceolate
• lanceolate leaf
• lanceolate spleenwort
• lancer
• lancers
• lancet
• lancet arch
• lancet window
• lancet-shaped
• lancetfish
• lancewood
• lancewood tree
• Lanchou
• Lanchow
• lancinate
• lancinating
• land