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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Zou·ave /zʊˈɑv/
 朱阿夫兵(法國步兵)

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Zouave n.  Mil. (a) 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.  (b) Hence, one of a body of soldiers who adopt the dress and drill of the Zouaves, as was done by a number of volunteer regiments in the army of the United States in the Civil War, 1861-65.
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