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{{Under Construction|timeline=The Fork in Time}}{{Realpeople}}[[File:Winged hussar, historical reconstruction.jpg|thumb|A modern-day Polish-Lithuanian-Galindian-Samogitian hussar photographed in [[1900-1999 (The Fork in Time)|1950 AD]].]]
The '''Polish-Lithuanian-Galindian-Samogitian hussars''' ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English /həˈzɑːrs/]; [[Polish language (The Fork in Time)|Polish]]: ''husaria'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Polish <nowiki>[xuˈsarja]</nowiki>]), alternatively known as the '''winged hussars''', are a currently ceremonial [[Heavy Cavalry (The Fork in Time)|heavy cavalry]] formation that have been active in the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (The Fork in Time)|Polish–Lithuanian-Galindian-Samogitian Commonwealth]] ever since their official formation sometime in [[1500-1599 (The Fork in Time)|1203 AD]], as well as among the last mainly [[Armor (The Fork in Time)|armored]] (i.e. metal armor) [[:Category:Military Units (The Fork in Time)|military units]] left in the world. Their epithet is derived from their characteristically large rear wings, which are intended to demoralize their enem(y/ies) during a charge. The hussars still rank as the elite of Polish-Lithuanian cavalry even after becoming ceremonial in [[1800-1899 (The Fork in Time)|1826 AD]], roughly two years before the well-known [[United Kingdom (The Fork in Time)|British]] [[Redcoats (The Fork in Time)|Redcoats]] did the same. 

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