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Botond defeats the Greek warrior at the wall of Constantinople as depicted in the Illuminated Chronicle. Botond (Bothond or Bontond) was a Hungarian legendary warrior and folk hero in the 10th century, a participant of the Hungarian invasions of Europe. According to a legend, he took part in a Hungarian campaign against the Byzantine Empire in ...
Ildikó is a Hungarian feminine given name of Germanic origin; ... Its meaning is "battle" or "warrior" in ancient Germanic languages. Its medieval Latin version was ...
Hungarian lancers, 1530. A type of irregular light horsemen was already well established by the 15th century. The word hussar (/ h ə ˈ z ɑːr / or / h ʊ ˈ z ɑːr /; also spelling pronunciation / h ə ˈ s ɑːr /) is from the Hungarian huszár.The word is derived from the Hungarian word of húsz meaning twenty, suggesting that hussar regiments were originally composed of twenty men. [1]
According to Webster's Dictionary, the word hussar stems from the Hungarian huszár, which in turn originates from the medieval Serbian husar (Cyrillic: хусар, or gusar, Cyrillic: гусар), meaning brigand (because early hussars' shock troops tactics used against the Ottoman army resembled that of brigands; in modern Serbian the meaning ...
The medieval Hungarian written sources spoke disparagingly and contemptuously of the light cavalry and the hussars in general, and during battles the texts praised only the virtues, endurance, courage, training and achievements of the knights. During the Middle Ages, Hungarian soldiers of noble origin served exclusively as heavy armoured cavalry.
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Brienne - This is a warrior French name meaning "from Brianne." 111. Calandra - Battle-ready Greek name meaning "lark" or "song of war." 112. Amina - 16th-century Nigerian queen and warrior who ...
A Hungarian chronicler known as Anonymus, author of Gesta Hungarorum, names the seven chieftains as: Álmos, father of Árpád; Előd, father of Szabolcs; Ond, father of Ete; Kend (Kond, Kund), father of Korcán (Kurszán) and Kaplon; Tas, father of Lél (Lehel) Huba; Tétény (Töhötöm), father of Horka