LINESMAN • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Linesman

... assemblage as was collected there it would be difficult to find again. There were National Guards of every battalion, Chasseurs Federes in their wonderful uniform,—a sort of cross between Zouave, linesman, and rifleman,—Enfants Perdus in their green coats and feathers (very few of these were to be seen, as they had no claim to quarter, nor did they expect any), Chasseurs a Cheval of the Commune, in their blue jackets and red trousers, ...

— France in the Nineteenth Century • Elizabeth Latimer