voltigeur

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French voltigeur, from voltiger (“to vault”), Italian volteggiare. See volt (“a tread”). === Noun === voltigeur (plural voltigeurs) (military, historical) One of a picked company of skirmishers in each regiment of the French infantry during the Napoleonic Wars. (Canada) A ranger. === References === “voltigeur”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɔl.ti.ʒœʁ/ === Noun === voltigeur m (plural voltigeurs, feminine voltigeuse) voltigeur (all senses) (North America, baseball) outfielder === Further reading === “voltigeur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012