Grenzer

English

Noun

Grenzer (plural Grenzers or Grenzer)

  1. (historical) light infantry troops who came from the Croatian and Transylvanian Military Frontier in Habsburg Monarchy (later the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary), originally raised to defend Austria against the Ottoman Turks.
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