Talk:Mounted Chasseurs of the Imperial Guard

'Horse Hunters of the Imperial Guard'

This translation of the term chasseurs à cheval de la Garde is incorrect and misleading.

While chasseur does translate literally as 'hunter,' in the military context the word had been used since the mid-C18th, if not earlier, to refer to light troops of various kinds; chasseur generally signifying light infantry and chasseur á cheval meaning light cavalry.

Chasseurs à cheval  de la Garde, therefore, should be rendered as 'light cavalry of the Guard.'

JF42 (talk) 18:39, 5 April 2021 (UTC)