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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Zouave

/zo͞o-ävʹ/ · IPA /zuˈɑv/
01 n. One of an active and hardy body of soldiers in the French service, originally Arabs, but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Arab dress.
  1. 1.
    One of an active and hardy body of soldiers in the French service, originally Arabs, but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Arab dress.(Mil.)