# voltigeur

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. An acrobat; a leaper or vaulter.
2. One of a picked company of skirmishers in each regiment of the French infantry during the Napoleonic Wars.
3. A ranger.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French voltigeur, from voltiger (“to vault”), Italian volteggiare. See volt (“a tread”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/voltigeur