Hussar

Hussars (singular Hussar, /həˈzɑːr/ hə-ZAR, /hʊˈzɑːr/) refers to a number of types of light cavalry used during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Historically, the term derives from the cavalry of late medieval Hungary, under Matthias Corvinus. The title and distinctive dress of these horsemen were subsequently widely adopted by light cavalry regiments in European and European colonial armies in the late 17th and 18th centuries. A number of armored or ceremonial mounted units in modern armies retain the designation of hussars.

Etymology

The first written mention of the word "Hussarones" (in Latin, plural; in Hungarian: Huszár) has been found in documents dating from 1432 in Southern Hungary (at the time the Ottoman military frontiers of the Hungarian Kingdom). A type of irregular light horsemen was already well-established by the 15th century in medieval Hungary. Etymologists are divided over the derivation of the word 'hussar'.

King Matthias Corvinus established Hussar units from peasants. 20 (in Hungarian husz) peasant households shall equip one Hussar. Hussars already existed before, because there are written documents that mentions a Hussar Captain from 1403. In a letter written by King Matthias Corvinus from 1481 his Black Army of Hungary's light cavalry is called Hussars (Hussarones) („equites levis armaturae, quos hussarones appellamus” in english: „light equipped cavalrymen, whom are called Hussars”). Etymologist found out that the word Hussar originated in Hungarian, and not in Serb.

RV Vema

The research vessel Vema was a three-masted schooner of the Lamont Geological Observatory (now the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory [LDEO]), a research unit of Columbia University. The 202 ft (62 m). vessel, with her almost indestructible Swedish wrought iron hull, became renowned as one of the world’s most productive oceanographic research vessels. The ship had been first sailed for pleasure under the name Hussar, and after its career as a research vessel entered a new career as the cruising yacht Mandalay.

E.F. Hutton's luxury yacht, Hussar

Designed by Cox & Stevens and built in 1923 by Burmeister & Wain in Copenhagen for E. F. Hutton and his wife Marjorie Merriweather Post, the 585-ton luxury yacht Hussar had an iron-hull and was at its time the epitome of maritime luxury and glamour in its class. In 1934 Hutton had built the Hussar (II) (later Sea Cloud), an even larger yacht than his first Hussar. In 1935, the Hussar was sold to Norwegian shipping magnate, G. Unger Vetlesen and his wife Maude Monell and renamed Vema, a combination of Vetlesen and Maude. The Vetlesens spent many pleasurable days at sea.

Yellow-banded snapper

The yellow-banded snapper or hussar, Lutjanus adetii, is a species of snapper native to the eastern coast of Australia and New Caledonia. It is an inhabitant of coral reefs, congregating around rocky outcrops during the day and feeding at night. It can be found at depths to 20 m (66 ft). It can reach a length of 50 cm (20 in), though most do not exceed 30 cm (12 in). It is pink or grayish-blue with bright yellow markings around its eyes and a yellow stripe along its neck to tail on each side. This species is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and is sought after as a game fish.

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